The preponderance of scholarly theory and research on stereotypes assumes
that they are bad and inaccurate, but understanding stereotype accuracy and
inaccuracy is more interesting and complicated than simpleminded accusations
of racism or sexism would seem to imply. The selections in this collection
explore issues of the accuracy of stereotypes and the impact of stereotyping
on the judgments of individual members of stereotyped groups in the
following chapters: (1) "Why Study Stereotype Accuracy and Inaccuracy?"
(Lee. J. Jussim, Clark R. McCauley, and Yueh-Ting Lee); (2) "Accuracy: A
Neglected Component of Stereotype Research" (Victor Ottati and Yueh-Ting
Lee); (3) "Accuracy of Stereotypes: What Research on Physical Attractiveness
Can Teach Us" (Richard D. Ashmore and Laura C. Long); (4) "The Shifting
Standards Model: Implications of Stereotype Accuracy for Social Judgment"
(Monica Biernat); (5) "An Ecological View of Stereotype Accuracy" (Reuben M.
Baron); (6) "Stereotypes, Base Rates, and the Fundamental Attribution
Mistake: A Content-Based Approach to Judgmental Accuracy" (David C. Funder);
(7) "Stereotype Accuracy in Multicultural Business" (Yueh-Ting Lee and
Guillermo Duenas); (8) "Motivations and the Perceiver's Group Membership:
Consequences for Stereotype Accuracy" (Carey S. Ryan); (9) "Are Stereotypes
Exaggerated? A Sampling of Racial, Gender, Academic, Occupational, and
Political Stereotypes" (Clark R. McCauley); (10) "Are Teacher Expectations
Biased by Students' Gender, Social Class, or Ethnicity" (Lee J. Jussim and
Jacquelynne Eccles); (11) "Content and Application Inaccuracy in Social
Stereotyping" (Charles Stangor); and (12) "Stereotype Accuracy: Toward
Appreciating Group Differences" (Clark R. McCauley, Lee J. Jussim, and
Yueh-Ting Lee). (Contains 1 exhibit, 5 figures, and 15 tables.) (SLD)