Psychological Essentialism of Human Categories

By Deborah A. Prentice, Dale T. Miller. 2007

349 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Christian Burgers
2. Wendy Wood
3. Cecilia L. Ridgeway
4. A. Eagly

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. A. Eagly
2. Wendy Wood
3. Cecilia L. Ridgeway
4. Christian Burgers
5. Camiel J. Beukeboom
6. D. Schmitt
7. Andrea Campbell
8. M. F. Rivas

In Social Psychology

1. Wendy Wood
2. A. Eagly
3. Cecilia L. Ridgeway
4. Y. G. Ansara
5. Christian Burgers
6. Camiel J. Beukeboom
7. Peter V. Hegarty
8. Meredith G. F. Worthen

Citations in the corpus

• Cisgenderism in psychology: pathologising and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008 (2012, background): “…thinking is informed by research that shows that such categorical distinctions can themselves be components of prejudicial ideologies in areas such ‘race’, gender and sexual orientation (Haslam & Levy, 2006; Keller, 2005; Martin & Parker, 1995; Prentice & Miller, 2007; Williams & Eberhardt, 2008).”
• How Stereotypes Are Shared Through Language: A Review and Introduction of the Social Categories and Stereotypes Communication (SCSC) Framework (2019, background): “…social categories may independently vary in the extent to which they are perceived to have entitativity, the stereotype content they become associated with, and the extent in which associated stereotypic characteristics are perceived to be essential (Haslam et al., 2000; Prentice & Miller, 2007).”
• Why Status Matters for Inequality (2014, background): “As scholars have noted, however, this tells us more about the interests of dominant groups, the “why” question, than about the “how” question, that is, the specific mechanisms by which inequality is sustained (DiTomaso, Post, and Parks-Yancy 2007; Reskin 2003).”
• Feminism and the Evolution of Sex Differences and Similarities (2011, background): “Essentialist explanations accentuate perceived group differences, cohere with intergroup prejudice, and foster a belief that the unequal gender relations observed in daily life are inherent in human nature (Prentice and Miller 2007; see also Kay et al. 2007).”