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Beyond stereotypes: Prejudice as an important missing force explaining group disparities

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Abstract We comment on Cesario's assertion that social psychological intergroup research focuses solely on stereotypes, neglecting actual differences between groups to explain group disparities. This reasoning, however, misses yet another… Click to show full abstract

Abstract We comment on Cesario's assertion that social psychological intergroup research focuses solely on stereotypes, neglecting actual differences between groups to explain group disparities. This reasoning, however, misses yet another explaining force: In addition to stereotypes, ample laboratory and field research documents relationships between group disparities, discrimination, and prejudice, which cannot be explained by people's accurate judgments of real-world group differences.

Keywords: group disparities; prejudice important; beyond stereotypes; group; force; stereotypes prejudice

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2022

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