“…Stereotypes have been suggested to lead to intergroup anxiety, which in turn results in avoidance, con®rmatory biases, negative emotional responses, and negative evaluations of minorities (e.g. Britt, Boniecki, Vescio, Biernat & Brown, 1996;Stephan & Stephan, 1985, 1989a,b, 1992Stephan, Stephan, Wenzel & Cornelius, 1991). It has also been suggested that arousal and some forms of emotional experience (e.g.…”