My Culture Made Me Do It
Lay Theories of Responsibility for Automatic Prejudice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Luis Uhlmann (0000-0002-6362-9936, HEC Paris), Brian A Nosek (0000-0001-6797-5476, University of Virginia) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 108-113 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000089 |
| OpenAlex | W2109058335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
The present research examined the effects of egocentric motivations on individuals' explanations for how their automatic racial prejudices came into being. The majority of participants reported experiencing biased thoughts, feelings, and gut reactions toward minorities which they found difficult to consciously control, and they attributed such biases to cultural socialization. Of particular interest, ego-threatened participants were significantly more likely to attribute their automatic racial biases to their culture and significantly less likely to attribute such biases to themselves. Results suggest that attributing one's racial biases to cultural socialization can be a defensive, motivated process aimed at diminishing personal responsibility
Feeling · Socialization · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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Avoidance of the handicapped
Social stigma and self-esteem
Proneness to prejudiced responses
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Egocentrism in groups
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Differential construal and the false consensus effect
Prejudice with and without compunction
Ambiguity and self-evaluation
Social stigma
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |