As mentioned, it typically goes by own-race or other-race bias. Not the same thing as outgroup homogeneity effect which describes a belief that members of an outgroup are more similar to one another than ingroup members are. You can see a description of and some research on the own-race bias here
Lebrecht S., Pierce L. J., Tarr M. J., & Tanaka J. W. (2009). Perceptual other-race training reduces implicit racial bias ( http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004215 ). PLoS ONE, 4, 1-7. Blog entry ( http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/01/learning-to-distinguish-between-other.html ) about the research http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/02/problems_in_identifying_people.php http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118597352/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 "Own-race bias" in Google brings up a lot more Jon =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [email protected] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu ( http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/ ) >>> Jim Dougan <[email protected]> 4/29/2009 1:44 PM >>> TIPsters.... Yesterday my daughter asked me the technical term for thinking that everyone in another ethnic group looks the same. I assume there is a term for it - but I don't know what it is. Anyone? -- Jim Dougan --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
