Preface; 1. Social, cultural, and cognitive factors in stereotype formation
Craig McGarty, Vincent Y. Yzerbyt and Russell Spears; 2. Stereotype
formation as category formation Craig McGarty; 3. Subjective essentialism
and the emergence of stereotypes Vincent Y. Yzerbyt and Steve Rocher; 4.
The role of theories in the formation of stereotype content Patricia M.
Brown and John C. Turner; 5. Illusory correlation and stereotype formation:
making sense of group differences and cognitive biases Mariëtte Bernsden,
Russell Spears, Joop van der Pligt and Craig McGarty; 6. Dependence and the
formation of stereotyped beliefs about groups: from interpersonal to
intergroup perception Olivier Corneille and Vincent Y. Yzerbyt; 7. Four
degrees of stereotype formation: differentiation by any means necessary
Russell Spears; 8. From personal pictures in the head to collective tools
in the world: how shared stereotypes allow groups to represent and change
social reality S. Alexander Haslam, John C. Turner, Penelope J. Oakes,
Katherine J. Reynolds and Bertjan Doosje; 9. Conclusion: stereotypes are
selective, variable and contested explanations Craig McGarty, Russell
Spears and Vincent Y. Yzerbyt.
