Social class is a powerful hierarchy that determines many privileges and disadvantages in society. Research shows that people are quick to form impressions of other people's social class standing, ...

Darley & Gross (1983) Main finding: Social class stereotypes biased judgments concerning the motivation and performance of a student in the presence of individuating information, but not in its ...

Main finding: Priming people with the elderly stereotype led them to walk more slowly down the hall. Citation count: 2062. (Note: Citation counts are one indication of how influential an article is; ...