Abstract
The effect of status on sociability and competence stereotypical dimensions. Since the first pioneering studies of impression formation, it has been generally accepted that competence and sociability are core dimensions in the perception of others, for two reasons. First, because they structure the stereotype content of all group. Second, because they reflect status differences and so help in classifying others as collaborators or competitors. The aim of this study is to verify that the dimensions of status does covary with the attribution also takes place in the ingroup. The results from the two studies carried out confirm our hypothesis, that the decision to attribute traits of competence or sociability to both the outgroup and the ingroup depends on the status of the group. So, low status group was considered high in sociability and low in competence. However, high status group was perceived in opposite way. These results fit the model of stereotype content proposed by Fiske, Xu, Cuddy and Glick (2002).
