@article{ref1,
title="Stereotypes and terror management: evidence that mortality salience enhances stereotypic thinking and preferences",
journal="Journal of personality and social psychology",
year="1999",
author="Schimel, J. and Simon, L. and Greenberg, Jeff and Pyszczynski, T. and Solomon, S. and Waxmonsky, J. and Arndt, J.",
volume="77",
number="5",
pages="905-926",
abstract="If stereotypes function to protect people against death-related concerns, then mortality salience should increase stereotypic thinking and preferences for stereotype-confirming individuals. Study 1 demonstrated that mortality salience increased stereotyping of Germans. In Study 2, it increased participants' tendency to generate more explanations for stereotype-inconsistent than stereotype-consistent gender role behavior. In Study 3, mortality salience increased participants' liking for a stereotype-consistent African American and decreased their liking for a stereotype-inconsistent African American; control participants exhibited the opposite preference. Study 4 replicated this pattern with evaluations of stereotype-confirming or stereotype-disconfirming men and women. Study 5 showed that, among participants high in need for closure, mortality salience led to decreased liking for a stereotype-inconsistent gay man.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3514",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}