Untested assumptions perpetuate stereotyping: Learning in the absence of evidence.

ABSTRACT: In the present work, we set out to assess whether and how much people learn in response to their stereotypic assumptions being confirmed, being disconfirmed, or remaining untested. In Study 1, participants made a series of judgments that could be influenced by stereotypes and received feedback that confirmed stereotypes the majority of the time, feedback that disconfirmed stereotypes the majority of the time, or no feedback on their judgments. Replicating past work on confirmation bias, patterns in the conditions with feedback indicated that pieces of stereotype-confirming evidence exerted more influence than stereotype-disconfirming evidence. Participants in the Stereotype-Confirming condition stereotyped more over time, but rates of stereotyping for participants in the Stereotype-Disconf

SUBMITTER: Cox WTL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337700 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature