Amd, Micah (2023) Reward Frustration Can Selectively Amplify Negative Own-Race Biases. Mankind Quarterly, 64 (2). pp. 231-249. ISSN 0025-2344
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Abstract
White Americans, when incidentally angered, become more likely to exhibit ‘implicit biases’ towards racial groups perceived as hostile (Dasgupta, 2013). We explored Dasgupta’s claims across cohorts of White, Black and non- Black/non-White (non-BW) participants from the United States, classified along political ideology (liberal and conservative). All participants evaluated White and Black neutral male faces using implicit (time-restricted) and explicit scales. Before evaluations, negative affect was instrumentally induced for approximately half of our sample. Following Dasgupta (2013), we expected any latent racial biases would be ‘magnified’ across implicit measures for frustrated cohorts. This prediction was corroborated across White liberals and Black conservatives who, when frustrated, displayed less favorable implicit evaluations towards own-race faces. Along explicit measures, White and Black cohorts generated comparable levels of own-race evaluations, independent of ideology. This was not the case during other-race evaluations, where a general pro-Black bias was noted for liberals, and a pro-White bias for conservatives, independent of the evaluator’s race. These findings support the idea that liberals, being ideologically driven to promote equality, automatically favor disadvantaged groups, while conservatives, motivated to preserve the status quo, favor advantaged groups (Winegard et al., 2018).
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | School of Law and Social Sciences (SoLaSS) |
| Depositing User: | Micah Ahmad |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2024 02:52 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2024 22:39 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14373 |
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