. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Feb;96(2):288–304. doi: 10.1037/a0013463

Table 1.

Schematic representation of regulatory fit and mismatches

	Gains	Losses
Positive stereotype (“Promotion”)	Fit	Mismatch
Negative Stereotype (“Prevention”)	Mismatch	Fit