What is social essentialism and how does it develop?
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DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2020.05.001
Abstract: Social essentialism consists of the commonly held belief that certain ways of categorizing people (e.g., gender and race) reflect meaningful, fundamental distinctions found in nature-that some kind of category "essence" (e.g., something in their blood… read more here.
Keywords: social essentialism; essentialist beliefs; essentialism develop; essentialism ... See more keywords