Metastereotype
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In social psychology, a metastereotype (or meta-stereotype) is a stereotype that members of one group have about the way in which they are stereotypically viewed by members of another group.[1][2] In other words, it is a stereotype about a stereotype.[3] They have been shown to have adverse effects on individuals that hold them,[4][5] including on their levels of anxiety in interracial conversations.[6] Meta-stereotypes held by African Americans regarding the stereotypes White Americans have about them have been found to be largely both negative and accurate.[7] People portray meta-stereotypes of their ingroup more positively when talking to a member of an outgroup than to a fellow member of their ingroup.[5]