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Studying the Cognitive Map of the U.S. States

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Koch, Alex Kervyn de Meerendré, Nicolas [UCL] Kervyn, Matthieu Imhoff, Roland

What are the spontaneous stereotypes that U.S. citizens hold about the U.S. states? We complemented insights from theory driven approaches to this question with insights from a novel data-driven approach. Based on pile sorting and spatial arrangement similarity ratings for the states, we computed two cognitive maps of the states. Based on ratings for the states on *20 candidate dimensions, we interpreted the dimensions that spanned the two maps (Studies 1 and 2). Consistent with the agency/socioeconomic success, conservative-progressive beliefs, and communion (ABC) model of spontaneous stereotypes, these dimensions that participants spontaneously used to rate the states’ similarity included prosperity (A) and ideology (B)stereotypes (states seen as more liberal and atheist were seen as more educated and wealthy). Study 3 showed that states seen as more average on A and B were stereotyped as more likable. Additionally, Study 3 showed that interstate similarity in stereotypic ideology and prosperity mattered, as it predicted interstate prejudice.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2018
Language Anglais
Journal information "Social Psychological and Personality Science" - Vol. 1, no. 9, p. 194855061771507 (2018)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Sage Publications, Inc. (Thousand Oaks)
issn 1948-5506
e-issn 1948-5514
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
Keywords Spontaneous stereotypes ; US States ; ideology ; prosperity
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Bibliographic reference Koch, Alex ; Kervyn de Meerendré, Nicolas ; Kervyn, Matthieu ; Imhoff, Roland. Studying the Cognitive Map of the U.S. States. In: Social Psychological and Personality Science, Vol. 1, no. 9, p. 194855061771507 (2018)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187481