Hesitant to label, yet quick to judge: How cultural mindsets affect the accessibility of stereotypic knowledge when concepts of the elderly are primed

Saluja, G; Adaval, R; Wyer, RS

Hesitant to label, yet quick to judge: How cultural mindsets affect the accessibility of stereotypic knowledge when concepts of the elderly are primed

Saluja, G

Adaval, R Wyer, RS

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2017, 143 pp. 23 - 38
Issue Date:: 2017-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Saluja, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-7681	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Adaval, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wyer, RS	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:17:34Z
dc.date.issued	2017-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2017, 143 pp. 23 - 38	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0749-5978	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/50693
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The processing strategies that are activated by cultural mindsets can influence the type of stereotypic knowledge that people draw upon when they encounter a member of a social category. Five experiments show that participants with a collectivist mindset are less likely to use trait descriptions and respond more slowly to traits when they are primed with a concept of the elderly than when they are not. However, they are more likely to use trait-related behaviors and respond more quickly to behaviors in the former condition. These differences suggest that cultural mindsets do not simply affect the likelihood of applying stereotypes. In addition, they influence the type of stereotypic knowledge that comes to mind when people encounter a member of a stereotyped group. This has important implications for how elderly employees are judged and treated in an organizational setting.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.09.004	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Social Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Hesitant to label, yet quick to judge: How cultural mindsets affect the accessibility of stereotypic knowledge when concepts of the elderly are primed	en_US
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Abstract:

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The processing strategies that are activated by cultural mindsets can influence the type of stereotypic knowledge that people draw upon when they encounter a member of a social category. Five experiments show that participants with a collectivist mindset are less likely to use trait descriptions and respond more slowly to traits when they are primed with a concept of the elderly than when they are not. However, they are more likely to use trait-related behaviors and respond more quickly to behaviors in the former condition. These differences suggest that cultural mindsets do not simply affect the likelihood of applying stereotypes. In addition, they influence the type of stereotypic knowledge that comes to mind when people encounter a member of a stereotyped group. This has important implications for how elderly employees are judged and treated in an organizational setting.

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