Stereotype Attribution Revisited: The Role of Stimulus Characteristics, Racial Attitude, and Cognitive Differentiation
The attribution of group stereotypes to individual stimulus persons has been found to be predictable from attribution theory (Feldman, 1972) Stimulus characteristics and subject prejudice as determinants of stereotype attribution. This paper replicates and extends these findings, and establishes the relevance of attitude and cognitive differentiation to the stereotype attribution process. As Feldman (1972) has pointed out, &dquo;implicit personality theory&dquo; and &dquo;stereotype&dquo; are virtually identical concepts, differing only in the information used to elicit them (personality traits vs. race or ethnicity). It is likely that extreme affect