Categorization and communication in the face of prejudice: when describing perceptions changes what is perceived.

摘要: In the face of prejudice against an ingroup, common ground for communication exists when people use similar social categories to understand situation. Three studies tested hypothesis that describing perceptions can fundamentally change those because communicators account in line with conversational norms. When women (Study 1), African Americans 2), and 3) simply thought about suspected their categorization guided perceptions: Participants assimilated views prejudiced event toward ingroup members but contrasted away from outgroup members. Conversely, participants described perceptions, they given category information actually arrived at opposite as who merely event. Study 3 identified important qualification these effects by showing were obtained only could assume audience was familiar ground. Implications are discussed understanding role facilitating inhibiting collective action prejudice.