We rely on cues to potential opportunities and threats because we often can’t directly identify them. -Steven Neuberg @HumBehEvoSoc on the evolutionary logic of stereotyping, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. #HBES2023
Slides follow, bc he goes thru this info fast!
Paper by Neuberg, @JaimieKrems @kegwilliams and colleagues. No paywall. static1.squarespace.com/static/5d5dcc2…
The finding in their work (Neuberg and colleagues) is that stereotyping of blacks vs. whites is really not about color but about ecologies: whether a person is likely to grow up in in a more “desperate ecology.” (Unstable, dangerous neighborhood, uncertain food supply, violence)
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