Abstract
The
stereotype content model (SCM) posits that social structure predicts
specific cultural stereotypes and associated emotional prejudices
(Fiske et al., 2002). No prior evidence at a societal level has
manipulated both structural predictors and measured both stereotypes
and prejudices. In the present study, participants (n = 120)
responded to an immigration scenario depicting a high- or low-status
group, competitive or not competitive, and rated their likely
stereotype (on warmth and competence) and elicited emotional
prejudices (admiration, contempt, envy, and pity). Seven of eight
specific predictions are fully confirmed, supporting the SCM's
predicted causality for social structural effects on cultural
stereotypes and emotional prejudices.