People generally attribute less mind to groups than to individuals. Previous research has also shown differences of mind perception between different types of groups, such that not‐for‐profit organizations were viewed as having more minds than for‐profit organizations. In this paper, we ascertained this mind perception differences and further examined its underlying mechanisms and concomitant consequences. Across three studies, we replicated that people attributed more mind to not‐for‐profit organizations than to for‐profit organizations. More critically, the current research linked mind perception to stereotype content model and added that this effect was mainly explained by perceived warmth of the groups rather than perceived competence. We found that although not‐for‐profit organizations were perceived as warmer but less competent than for‐profit ones, the former was perceived both as having more experiential and agentic mental capacities than the latter. In addition, for‐profit organizations received less compassionate responding than not‐for‐profit ones when they suffer, which was attributable to mind perception. This paper highlights the distinction between experience and warmth, and between agency and competence, thus extending our theoretical understanding of the fundamental dimensions of mind perception and those of the stereotype content of groups.

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企业和慈善机构的心理感知和刻板印象归因

人们通常将较少的思想归因于群体而不是个体。先前的研究还表明，不同类型的群体之间的思想感知存在差异，例如非营利组织被视为比营利组织拥有更多的思想。在本文中，我们确定了这种心理感知差异，并进一步研究了其潜在机制和随之而来的后果。在三项研究中，我们重复了人们将更多的注意力归因于非营利组织而不是营利组织。更重要的是，当前的研究将心理感知与刻板印象内容模型联系起来，并补充说这种影响主要是通过感知群体的热情而不是感知能力来解释的。我们发现，虽然非营利组织被认为比营利组织更热情但能力较弱，但前者被认为比后者具有更多的经验和智能心理能力。此外，营利性组织在遭受痛苦时比非营利组织得到的同情心更少，这归因于心智感知。这篇论文强调了经验与温暖、能动性与能力之间的区别，从而扩展了我们对心理感知基本维度和群体刻板印象内容的理论理解。与非营利组织相比，营利组织在遭受苦难时收到的同情心较少，这归因于思维感知。这篇论文强调了经验与温暖、能动性与能力之间的区别，从而扩展了我们对心理感知基本维度和群体刻板印象内容的理论理解。与非营利组织相比，营利组织在遭受苦难时收到的同情心较少，这归因于思维感知。这篇论文强调了经验与温暖、能动性与能力之间的区别，从而扩展了我们对心理感知基本维度和群体刻板印象内容的理论理解。