TY - JOUR
T1 - Images of social groups
T2 - Categorical or qualified?
AU - Jackman, Mary R.
AU - Senter, Mary Scheuer
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Abstract This paper makes a direct empirical assessment of the way Americans go about describing social groups in three important intergroup contexts—race, gender, and social class. Results from a national survey indicate that when respondents are given the opportunity to express themselves in a relatively unconstrained format, qualified images of groups generally prevail over categorical descriptions. Further, the amount and pattern of categorical thinking vary considerably across the three inter-group contexts, reflecting the different kinds of group images that underly race, gender, and social class relations. Mary R. Jackman is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Associate of the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. Mary Scheuer Senter is an Instructor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Central Michigan University. The authors would like to thank Robert W. Jackman, Joan Huber, Anne Adams, and an anonymous referee for their helpful comments, and Suzanne Purcell and Maria Kousis for their assistance. This research was supported by grants from the National Institute for Mental Health (MH-26433) and the National Science Foundation (SOC 75-00405).
PY - 1980/9
Y1 - 1980/9
N2 - This paper makes a direct empirical assessment of the way Americans go about describing social groups in three important intergroup contexts-race, gender, and social class. Results from a national survey indicate that when respondents are given the opportunity to express themselves in a relatively unconstrained format, qualified images of groups generally prevail over categorical descriptions. Further, the amount and pattern of categorical thinking vary considerably across the three intergroup contexts, reflecting the different kinds of group images that underly race, gender, and social class relations.
AB - This paper makes a direct empirical assessment of the way Americans go about describing social groups in three important intergroup contexts-race, gender, and social class. Results from a national survey indicate that when respondents are given the opportunity to express themselves in a relatively unconstrained format, qualified images of groups generally prevail over categorical descriptions. Further, the amount and pattern of categorical thinking vary considerably across the three intergroup contexts, reflecting the different kinds of group images that underly race, gender, and social class relations.
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U2 - 10.1086/268601
DO - 10.1086/268601
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001033260
SN - 0033-362X
VL - 44
SP - 341
EP - 361
JO - Public Opinion Quarterly
JF - Public Opinion Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -