The
Effects of Self-Schemata and Sex Stereotypes on the Perception
of Others
Y. Endo |
It
has been insisted that the self as cognitive system is predominant
in all situations. The present study was designed to clarify whether
the self would have such a strong effect when targets were out-group
members or when sex stereotype counteracted the self concept. The
following; were revealed from the experiment including trait rating
and recall test. The male independent schematics were sensitive only
to the schematic information about the male targets. Sex stereotype,
rather than self-schema, was used in perception of the opposite sexes.
The female schematics showed some inconsistent responses. Thus, there
was a sex difference in function of self schema related to sex stereotype
domains, and self-schema of male served as a cognitive framework
in perception of the others of the same sex, but not in perception
of the others of the opposite sex.
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