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What a Loaded Generalization: Generics and Social Cognition

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This paper explores the role of generics in social cognition. First, we explore the nature and effects of the most common form of generics about social kinds (descriptive generics). Second, we discuss the nature and effects of a less common but equally important form of generics about social kinds (normative generics). Finally, we consider the implications of this discussion for how we ought to use language about the social world.

Source: Philosophy Compass

DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12250

Authors: Daniel Wodak, Sarah‐Jane Leslie, Marjorie Rhodes

Institutions: Princeton University, New York University

Language: English

Topic: Categorization, perception, and language

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: The Development of Social Essentialism