TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategies for the inference of mental states
T2 - Projection and stereotyping
AU - Ishii, Tatsunori
AU - Takezawa, Masanori
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - It has been argued that people selectively use two strategies, projection and stereotyping, to infer the mental state of others. Through a series of studies, Ames (2004) confirmed the hypothesis that people project their own mental state to the other when the target person is perceived to be similar to oneself, while the stereotype of a group or category to which the target person belongs is used for mental state inferences when the target is perceived to be dissimilar. Four replication studies of Ames (2004), however, consistently provided counterevidence against this hypothesis. Participants employed projection consistently, regardless of the perceived similarity to the target person. This result suggests that further examination of conditions that trigger different mental state inference strategies is needed.
AB - It has been argued that people selectively use two strategies, projection and stereotyping, to infer the mental state of others. Through a series of studies, Ames (2004) confirmed the hypothesis that people project their own mental state to the other when the target person is perceived to be similar to oneself, while the stereotype of a group or category to which the target person belongs is used for mental state inferences when the target is perceived to be dissimilar. Four replication studies of Ames (2004), however, consistently provided counterevidence against this hypothesis. Participants employed projection consistently, regardless of the perceived similarity to the target person. This result suggests that further examination of conditions that trigger different mental state inference strategies is needed.
KW - Projection
KW - Stereotyping
KW - mental state inference
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U2 - 10.14966/jssp.0941
DO - 10.14966/jssp.0941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017252390
VL - 32
SP - 187
EP - 199
JO - Research in Social Psychology
JF - Research in Social Psychology
SN - 0916-1503
IS - 3
ER -