The Functional Significance Of The Simple Categorization In The Wealth And Age Crossed Categorization And Its Factors

Crossed categorization refer to classify the target base on the two categorizations.Such as according to the age and wealth categorization,the targets can be divided into four types:old-rich target,young-rich target,old-poor and young-poor target.These four types can be classified into two types base on the warmth and competence situation of the stereotype content model:conflict crossed categorization groups and consistent crossed categorization groups.For the conflict crossed categorization groups,the stereotype evaluations to the two simple categorizations are contradictory(such as the old-rich target:the rich is stereotypical perceived as high competence and low warmth,and the old is perceived as high warmth and low competence).For the consistent crossed categorization groups,the stereotype evaluations to the two simple categorizations are consistent.Previous studies pointed out that crossed categorization lead to the less possibility to apply the stereotype information to evaluate the categorization,result in reducing prejudice and discrimination.Therefore,the research about the crossed categorization has become a hot issue in the psychology field.The previous research about the crossed categorization focused on the perception to the crossed categorization target,and less attention has been paid to compare the relative importance of the two simple categorizations.That is,in the stereotype evaluation of crossed categorization groups,which simple categorization is the dominate categorization,which is the secondary categorization?It called the functional significance of the simple categorization in the stereotype evaluation of the crossed categorization target.The previous study point out the stereotype strength of the simple categorization and context factors can influence the functional significance of the crossed categorization.If the one categorization has a higher stereotype evaluation,this simple categorization plays a more important role in the stereotype evaluation of crossed categorization target.Moreover,the unique categorization in a certain situation is the dominate categorization,and the simple categorization that conducts the behavior of violating the stereotype expectation will be paid more attention.In addition,we explore the functional significance from two perspectives:(1)the functional significance of the two simple categorizations in the stereotype evaluation of the crossed categorization target,(2)the functional significance of the two simple categorizations when crossed categorization target make self-stereotyping evaluation.Study one focus on the influence of the stereotypes strength on the functional significance of the crossed categorization.Study two focus on the influence of the perceiver’s categorization experience on the functional significance of the crossed categorization target.Study three focus on the influence of the context factors on the functional significance of the crossed categorization target.Study four focus the influence of specific behavior(high warmth/competence,low warmth/competence)of the target on the functional significance.Study five explore the effect of group identity on the functional significance when crossed categorization target make self-stereotyping evaluation.Study six pay attention to the role of context factor.Study seven explore the effect of stereotypical behavior of inter-group membership on the functional significance.Study one(experiment 1a,1b,1c and experiment 2):Experiment 1 focus on the conflict crossed categorization,and used three different methods:crossed categorization task,writing task and explicit trait evaluation method,the results shown that in the competence and warmth evaluation of the young-poor target,the poor categorization is the dominate categorization.In the warmth evaluation of the old-rich target,the relative importance of the old categorization is relatively high,but in the competence evaluation of the old-rich target,the relative importance of the rich target is relatively high.Experiment 2 focus on the consistent crossed categorization,the explicit warmth/competence evaluation method was used,and the results showed that,for the competence and warmth evaluation of old-poor target,the poor target was the dominate categorization,and for the warmth evaluation to the young-rich target,the rich target was the dominate categorization.Study two(experiment 3):The results showed that the previous categorization experience did not significantly affect the new categorization task.Study three(experiment 4 and 5):Experiment 4 found that in the context that a young-poor target in a group of young-rich,individual would use the poor categorization to define this young-poor target.Experiment 5 found that in the context that when the rich group and poor group disagree in the discussion,the wealth categorization was prominent,but individual still tend to use young categorization to define the young-poor target.Study four(experiment 6a,6b and experiment 7a and 7b):The results shown that in the warmth evaluation of the young-poor and young-rich target who conduct high warmth or low warmth behavior,the young categorization was the dominate categorization.However,in the competence evaluation of the young-poor and young-rich target who conduct high or low competence behavior,the wealth categorization was the dominate categorization.Addition,for the warmth evaluation of the old-rich target who conduct low warmth behavior,the old categorization was the dominate categorization,and for the warmth evaluation of the old-rich target who conduct high warmth behavior,the rich categorization was dominate.For the competence evaluation of the old-rich target and the warmth and competence evaluation of the old-poor target,the old categorization was dominate.Study five(experiment 8a,8b):The results shown that only the categorization that the individual identity was the dominate categorization.Study six(experiment 9 and experiment 10):The experiment 9 and 10 found that the young-poor target tend to used the dominate categorization in the context to define himself.Study seven(experiment 11 and experiment 12):The results shown that when present a poor target conduct a high warmth behavior,the young-poor target would have more possibility to define himself as young target,compare with the control group.The positive stereotypical behavior of inter-group membership can affect the functional significance of two simple categorizations when the crossed categorization make self-stereotyping evaluation.Moreover,the group identification,identity pride,and identity typicality play a mediation role in this relationship.The following conclusions were present.(1)The categorization which have higher stereotype strength would be the dominate categorization when evaluate the crossed-categorization target.The group identification to the two simple categorizations can affect the functional significance when the crossed categorization make self-stereotyping evaluation.(2)No matter when individual evaluate the crossed categorization target or the crossed-categorization make self-evaluation,the categorization which is unique in the situation was dominate.(3)The specific behavior of the target can affect the functional significance of crossed categorization target.The mechanism is different when the cross-categorization is differ.The positive stereotypical behavior of the inter-group membership can affect the functional significance of two simple categorizations when the crossed categorization target make self-stereotyping evaluation.Moreover,the group identification,identity pride,and identity typicality play a mediation role in this relationship.