Psychological essentialism of human categories

被引：262

作者：

Prentice, Deborah A. ^{[1
]}

Miller, Dale T.

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Psychol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 2007年 / 16卷 / 04期

关键词：

essentialism; entitativity; categorization; stereotyping; prejudice;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00504.x

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Psychological essentialism is an ordinary mode of category representation that has powerful social-psychological consequences. This article reviews those consequences, with a focus on the distinctive ways people perceive, evaluate, and interact with members of human categories they essentialize. Why and when people engage in this mode of thinking remain open questions. Variability in essentialism across cultures, categories, and contexts suggests that this mode of representing human categories is rooted in a naturalistic theory of category origins, combined with a need to explain differences that cross category boundaries.

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页码：202 / 206

页数：5

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