University of Milan-Bicocca, Faculty of Psychology, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1-20126 Milan, Italy.
J Soc Psychol. 2012 Jul-Aug;152(4):417-35. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2011.623735.
In line with previous results that challenge the traditional primacy of warmth over competence in outgroup perception, we propose to bridge elements from stereotype content model and social identity theory: Perceivers will use the competence and warmth dimensions differentially when interpreting higher or lower status outgroup members' behavior. We test the hypothesis that the dimension that is less favorable for the outgroup and more favorable for the ingroup will be used. In particular, we investigate whether the warmth dimension would better predict the interpretation of higher status outgroup members' behavior than the competence dimension, whereas the competence dimension would better predict the interpretation of lower status outgroup members' behavior than the warmth dimension. Two studies separately test these effects. Results suggest the existence of a motivated bias in interpreting outgroup members' behavior, especially when there is ingroup identification.
与先前挑战对外群体感知中温暖优先于能力这一传统观点的结果一致，我们提出将刻板印象内容模型和社会认同理论的要素结合起来：当解释高地位或低地位外群体成员的行为时，感知者将对外群体成员的行为使用能力和温暖这两个维度进行不同的解读。我们测试了这样一个假设，即对外群体不利而对内群体有利的维度将被使用。具体来说，我们研究了温暖维度是否比能力维度更好地预测对高地位外群体成员行为的解释，而能力维度是否比温暖维度更好地预测对低地位外群体成员行为的解释。两项研究分别检验了这些影响。结果表明，在解释外群体成员的行为时存在一种有动机的偏见，尤其是在存在群体认同时。
