Cultural transmission of social essentialism
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Cultural transmission of social essentialism.
Social essentialism entails the belief that certain social categories (e.g., gender, race) mark fundamentally distinct kinds of people. Essentialist beliefs have pernicious consequences, supporting social stereotyping and contributing to prejudice. How does social essentialism develop? In the studies reported here, we tested the hypothesis that generic language facilitates the cultural transmis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208951109