Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:…(Brewer, 1988), prior work suggests that people do not always have accurate knowledge of the attitudes of close others (Kenny & Acitelli, 2001; Lerouge & Warlop, 2006) and that insufficient individuating information can actually increase the use of stereotypes (Yzerbyt, Scahdron, Leyens, &…
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