Jun Xu’s research while affiliated with University of California, Los Angeles and other places

... Prior work in the social perceptions and stereotypes literature suggests men tend to be viewed as competent (i.e., confident, skillful, capable) while women as warm (e.g., likable, good-natured, friendly, sincere; Fiske et al., 1999Fiske et al., , 2018. Since these characteristics may in turn influence audience adoption, we sought to control for speakers' gender. ...

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Ideas Worth Spreading? When, How, and for Whom Information Load Hurts Online Talks’ Popularity

... As discussed in subsection 4.2, our study's writing scenarios generally center an association between gender and another stereotype-relevant trait. These traits come from Koch et al. [40]'s ABC model (building on Fiske et al. [24]'s stereotype content model) which consists of paired traits regarding a group's agency, beliefs, and communion. To measure the participant's beliefs about these stereotypes, we ask one question about warmth (representing "communion"), competence (representing "agency"), and one about conservativeness (the only "belief" represented in our scenarios). ...

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Anti-stereotypical Predictive Text Suggestions Do Not Reliably Yield Anti-stereotypical Writing

... Feedback receptivity may reduce bias concerns by increasing perceptions of relational leadership. We define relational leadership as including three characteristics of the person in power: (a) that they care about their subordinates, including warmth and connection (Diekman et al., 2011;Fiske et al., 2002;Triandis & Gelfand, 1998); (b) that they are trustworthy (Terwel et al., 2010;Willis & Todorov, 2006); and (c) that they want to use their power for good (Moon et al., 2021). These three components may be closely related and perceived as operating together (see Study 5). ...

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Feedback Receptivity From People in Power Reduces Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Disability Bias Concerns

... The stereotype content model includes competence beliefs as one of two fundamental dimensions of human perception (along with warmth). The theory suggests that humans immediately assess the capability of others to enact their intentions, which can be measured as broad beliefs about competence of others based on their social group membership (Fiske 2018;Fiske et al. 2002). Status characteristics and expectations states theory similarly points to competence perceptions as a key factor in social interaction. ...

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Competence Perceptions at the Intersection of Gender and Race-Ethnicity