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@article{ Corcoran2009, title = {A tool for thought! When comparative thinking reduces stereotyping effects}, author = {Corcoran, Katja and Hundhammer, Tanja and Mussweiler, Thomas}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Social Psychology}, number = {4}, pages = {1008-1011}, volume = {45}, year = {2009}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.015}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-292254}, abstract = {Stereotypes have pervasive, robust, and often unwanted effects on how people see and behave towards others. Undoing these effects has proven to be a daunting task. Two studies demonstrate that procedurally priming participants to engage in comparative thinking with a generalized focus on differences reduces behavioral and judgmental stereotyping effects. In Study 1, participants who were procedurally primed to focus on differences sat closer to a skinhead – a member of a negatively stereotyped group. In Study 2, participants primed on differences ascribed less gender stereotypic characteristics to a male and female target person. This suggests that comparative thinking with a focus on differences may be a simple cognitive tool to reduce the behavioral and judgmental effects of stereotyping.}, }