Perspective-taking: Decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism.

Abstract

Using 3 experiments, the authors explored the role of perspective-taking in debiasing social thought. In the 1st 2 experiments, perspective-taking was contrasted with stereotype suppression as a possible strategy for achieving stereotype control. In Experiment 1, perspective-taking decreased stereotypic biases on both a conscious and a nonconscious task. In Experiment 2, perspective-taking led to both decreased stereotyping and increased overlap between representations of the self and representations of the elderly, suggesting activation and application of the self-concept in judgments of the elderly. In Experiment 3, perspective-taking reduced evidence of in-group bias in the minimal group paradigm by increasing evaluations of the out-group. The role of self-other overlap in producing prosocial outcomes and the separation of the conscious, explicit effects from the nonconscious, implicit effects of perspective-taking are discussed.

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Adam D. Galinsky, Gordon B. Moskowitz (2000). Perspective-taking: Decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.78.4.708

@article{d2000perspectivetaking,
  title  = {Perspective-taking: Decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism.},
  author = {Galinsky, Adam D. and Moskowitz, Gordon B.},
  year   = {2000},
  journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology},
  doi    = {10.1037//0022-3514.78.4.708}
}

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