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Will Butler's avatar

While not entirely the same, cool vs warm seems thematically similar to warmth and competence in the stereotype content model. So much so that I wonder if “cool” and “good” in this paper could be substituted with “warm” and “competent” and the results would be the same if the subjects were surveyed again.

The fact that cool is cool everywhere in the world reinforces this, since warmth and competence are judged to be fundamental aspects of humans evaluate other humans.

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Steven Fearing's avatar

This is very relevant to my investigations into the characteristics and framing of a "nice guy" vs. a "bad boy." Thanks for sharing.

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