Fear induction as a facilitator of implicit intergroup prejudice

Intergroup relations;Discrimination;Prejudice

Bock, Jarrod E.Karst, Aaron ;

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Intergroup relations;    Discrimination;    Prejudice;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

The current study examined the effects of fear, manipulated with ambient darkness, as afacilitator of implicit prejudice, and it’s relation to African Americans. Participantsperformed an evaluative priming task in either a light or dark room in which they wereasked to categorize words as threatening or non-threatening as quickly as possible. Thethreatening words that were used were not meant to have any stereotypic association witheither African Americans or European Americans, but rather, were threatening words ingeneral. All words were preceded by a non-consciously presented Black or White maleface, which served to prime any associations with threat. Results indicated that participantswere quickest to categorize threatening words when they were preceded by a Black maleface in the dark room. Results also indicated that participants were quickest to categorizethreatening words when they were preceded by a White male face in the light room. Thecurrent findings suggest that emotion manipulations, such as threat induction, can facilitateone’s judgment of a group.