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- Title
The social aetiology of essentialist beliefs.
- Authors
O'Connor, Cliodhna; Joffe, Helene
- Abstract
This commentary highlights the importance of attending to the sociocultural contexts that foster essentialist ideas. It contends that Cimpian & Salomon's (C&S's) model undervalues the extent to which the development of essentialist beliefs is contingent on social experience. The result is a restriction of the model's applicability to real-world instances of essentialism-fuelled prejudice and discrimination.
- Subjects
ETIOLOGY of diseases; SOCIOCULTURAL factors; SOCIAL psychology; THEORY of knowledge; HEURISTIC programming; ESSENTIALISM (Philosophy); PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETIES
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2014, Vol 37, Issue 5, p498
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X1300383X