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The primary categories of interest include the following minority groups and their combinations: older adults (chronological age), Black individuals, sexual minority persons, and women. The SCM structures groups on dimensions of warmth and competence, with the different combinations of warmth and competence being associated with specific affective and behavioral correlates. It was predicted that the SCM would effectively forecast warmth-competence ratings of the various intersecting subgroups, allowing hypotheses derived from intersectional theory to be tested. Results generally suggested the ratings of intersectional subgroups, such as Black older adults, were not accurately predicted by the numeric sum or average of the constituent identities (Black individuals and older adults), but a unique interaction between the two identity groups, consistent with intersectional theory. 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It was predicted that the SCM would effectively forecast warmth-competence ratings of the various intersecting subgroups, allowing hypotheses derived from intersectional theory to be tested. Results generally suggested the ratings of intersectional subgroups, such as Black older adults, were not accurately predicted by the numeric sum or average of the constituent identities (Black individuals and older adults), but a unique interaction between the two identity groups, consistent with intersectional theory. 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