Imagen y norma social sobre la esterotipia
- Salgado Velo, Jesús Fernando
- Iglesias Criado, Mar
ISSN: 0213-4748, 1579-3680
Year of publication: 1994
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 43-64
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social
Abstract
Historically, stereotypes have been conceptualized according to emotional, cognitive and social dimensions. The differences in such conceptualizations, from perspectives that conceive stereotypes as a pathology, to those that consider them as cognitive frames encompassing the normal process of perception, have given rise to several controversies that affect the very concept of stereotype. Our work focuses on the social image of stereotypes, particularly on three controversial issues related to the explanation of the stereotypic process: stereotypes as images of social groups, predominantly negative or neutral; the range of application of stereotypes to all perceptors and to all social groups; and the possible existence of a social norm against stereotyping. Our main results confirm the existence of such a social norm, which mainly limits the emission of the negative traits of stereotypes.