Citation

Renkema LJ, Stapel DA, Maringer M, van Yperen NW. Person. Soc. Psychol. Bull. 2008; 34(4): 553-564.

Affiliation

University of Groningen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0146167207312465

PMID

18252834

Abstract

Three studies examine two routes by which mortality threats may lead to stereotyping. Mortality salience may activate both a comprehension goal and an enhancement goal. Enhancement goals are likely to be more active in situations where intergroup competition or conflict is salient. If this is not the case, then a comprehension goal will predominate. In line with a why-determines-how logic, when mortality salience activates a comprehension goal, both positive and negative stereotyping occur. In contrast, the activation of an enhancement goal only increases negative stereotyping.

Language: en