social change
A major
focus of our work is the examination of dynamic stereotypes, or beliefs that a
group has changed from the past and will continue to change in the future.
Currently, we are exploring the antecedents and consequences of stereotype
dynamism versus stability, with the goal of understanding how the perceived
mobility of social groups influences affective, cognitive, and behavioral
processes relevant to social change.
Relevant papers
Diekman, A. B., & Eagly, A.
H. (2000). Stereotypes as dynamic constructs: Women and men of the past,
present, and future. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26,
1171-1188.
Diekman, A. B., &
Goodfriend, W. (2006). Rolling with the changes: A role congruity perspective
on gender norms. Psychology of Women
Quarterly, 30, 369-383.
Diekman, A. B., & Goodfriend, W. (2007).
The good and bad of social change: Ambivalence toward activist groups. Social
Justice Research, 20, 401-417.
Diekman, A. B., Eagly, A. H., &
Johnston, A. M. (2010). Social structure. In J. F. Dovidio, M. Hewstone, P.
Glick & V. M. Esses (Eds.), The
Sage Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination (pp.
209-224). New York: Sage.
Diekman, A. B., Eagly, A. H.,
Mladinic, A., & Ferreira, M. C. (2005). Dynamic stereotypes about women and men in Latin America and the United States.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology,
36, 209-226.
Current projects
Effects of social change on the
self This
research examines how learning about social change influences people's own
attitudes and behaviors about careers - that is, when your gender group is
entering nontraditional roles, do you accommodate to that change? We are
currently working on identifying the conditions under which people will
accommodate or not.
Diekman, A. B., Johnston, A. M., & Loescher
(Truax), A.L. (2010). Something old,
something new: Preferences for traditional and nontraditional roles under
social change. Manuscript under review.
Gendered images in popular music,
1950 -2003 This content analysis examines how images
of men and women have shifted or remained stable over the latter half of the
20th century.
Dye, A., Evans, C.D., &
Diekman, A. B. (2006). Bad girls and dreamlovers: Change in the
gendered themes of popular music. Poster presented at the meeting
of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.