![]() ![]() ![]() We also provide empirical evidence for this bidirectional process from both the outsider and the insider perspective. After a short presentation of the recent literature dealing with the concepts of entitativity and essentialism, we review a series of studies from our laboratory showing the impact of entitativity on essentialism as well as the influence of essentialism on entitativity. Conversely, the existence of naïve theories regarding the presence of an underlying core encourages the search for resemblances and connections within the group. The perception of a strong level of similarity and organization among group members (i.e., group entitativity) suggests the existence of a deep essence that would account for the detected regularities. In line with our subjective essentialist view of stereotypes (Yzerbyt, Rocher, & Schadron, 1997), we propose that two classes of factors that mutually reinforce each other influence the perception of groups. ![]()
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