Meta-Stereotypes’ Impact on Working Memory Capacity

Yuejia Zhou

2025

Abstract

Meta-stereotypes are the inherent beliefs that in-group members hold about the evaluations that out-group members might have about the in-group. Since there are evaluations with both positive and negative valences, there are meta-stereotypes with both positive and negative valences. These two types of meta-stereotypes may have different effects based on the principles of reciprocity and non-reciprocity. However, in research on the impact of meta-stereotypes on working memory capacity, researchers have only found the choking effect of activating positive meta-stereotypes among rural college students. Similarly, in conditions that activate negative meta-stereotypes, only the threat effect of activating negative meta-stereotypes has been found among the elderly and migrant children groups. This may be due to previous studies primarily focusing on groups that hold more negative meta-stereotypes. Therefore, future research can be conducted across multiple groups. Additionally, the effects of activating meta-stereotypes are also influenced by the type of meta-stereotypes being activated. In the future, more specific and effective ways of activating meta-stereotypes can be developed to distinguish the impact of different types of meta-stereotypes on working memory capacity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zhou Y. (2025). Meta-Stereotypes’ Impact on Working Memory Capacity. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM; ISBN 978-989-758-791-7, SciTePress, pages 364-370. DOI: 10.5220/0014114000004942

in Bibtex Style

@conference{apmm25,
author={Yuejia Zhou},
title={Meta-Stereotypes’ Impact on Working Memory Capacity},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM},
year={2025},
pages={364-370},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014114000004942},
isbn={978-989-758-791-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM
TI - Meta-Stereotypes’ Impact on Working Memory Capacity
SN - 978-989-758-791-7
AU - Zhou Y.
PY - 2025
SP - 364
EP - 370
DO - 10.5220/0014114000004942
PB - SciTePress