TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Stereotypes and terror management: evidence that mortality salience enhances stereotypic thinking and preferences
JO  - Journal of personality and social psychology
A1  - Schimel, J.
A1  - Simon, L.
A1  - Greenberg, Jeff
A1  - Pyszczynski, T.
A1  - Solomon, S.
A1  - Waxmonsky, J.
A1  - Arndt, J.
SP  - 905
EP  - 926
VL  - 77
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -