Charles R Seger
Biographic Data
| ID | 160360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles R Seger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles R |
| FAMILY NAME | Seger |
| SIGNATURE | SEGER C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0351-3173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 188 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
More than a prejudice reduction effect
Emerging research suggests intergroup contact has broader implications than prejudice reduction. In three studies, we explored whether positive intergroup contact may serve as a means to reduce conspiracy beliefs. Study 1 ( n = 287, pre‐registered) demonstrated that (high quality) contact with immigrants predicted lower belief in immigrant conspiracy theories, a finding that remained when controlling for prejudice. This was replicated in a second…
Can past intergroup contact shape support for policies in a pandemic? Processes predicting endorsement of discriminatory Chinese restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis
A survey of 340 UK residents was conducted when the COVID-19 virus first reached the UK in February 2020. We measured past experiences of positive and negative intergroup contact with Chinese people as predictors of intergroup threat and emotions in the context of the pandemic; and how these processes in turn predicted support for discriminatory policies designed to restrict the freedom of Chinese people in the UK. We tested a novel threat-matchi…
Evidence of a dynamic association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence
Three studies explored the association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence. Study 1 and Study 2 provided evidence of a cross-sectional association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence in which positive contact was associated with increased intercultural competence and negative contact was associated with reductions in this outcome. In Study 3, longitudinal data allowed us to test the possibility of mutual in…
Group-based biases influence learning about individual trustworthiness
Examining the role of positive and negative intergroup contact and anti‐immigrant prejudice in B rexit
This study examined the interplay of anti‐immigrant prejudice and intergroup contact experience on voting intentions within B ritain's 2016 referendum on its membership in the E uropean U nion. In the days before the referendum, we asked more than 400 B ritish people how they planned to vote. We measured a number of demographic factors expected to predict voting intentions as well as individuals’ prejudice towards and intergroup contact experienc…
Imagined contact encourages prosocial behavior towards outgroup members
Imagined contact is a relatively new technique designed to focus the accumulated knowledge of over 500 studies of intergroup contact into a simple and versatile prejudice-reduction intervention. While it is now clear that imagined contact can improve intergroup attitudes, its ability to change actual intergroup behavior is less well established. Some emerging findings provide cause for optimism with nonverbal, and unobtrusive measures of behavior…
Subtle activation of a social categorization triggers group-level emotions
Knowing how they feel
Can emotions be truly group level? Evidence regarding four conceptual criteria
Recent advances in understanding prejudice and intergroup behavior have made clear that emotions help explain people's reactions to social groups and their members. Intergroup emotions theory (D. M. Mackie, T. Devos, & E. R. Smith, 2000; E. R. Smith, 1993) holds that intergroup emotions are experienced by individuals when they identify with a social group, making the group part of the psychological self. What differentiates such group-level emoti…
Smile when you say that
When increased confidence yields increased thought
Feeling Good about Ourselves
The "better-than-average" effect, the tendency for people to view themselves as above average on positive characteristics but belowaverage on negative characteristics, is an important manifestation of the motive for self-enhancement. The present research examined whether the better-than-average effect occurred in Norway, a country with strong norms for modesty, and whether the same association between unrealistically positive self-appraisals and …
On the Profits and Perils of Guessing Right
Can emotions be truly group level? Evidence regarding four conceptual criteria
Recent advances in understanding prejudice and intergroup behavior have made clear that emotions help explain people's reactions to social groups and their members. Intergroup emotions theory (D. M. Mackie, T. Devos, & E. R. Smith, 2000; E. R. Smith, 1993) holds that intergroup emotions are experienced by individuals when they identify with a social group, making the group part of the psychological self. What differentiates such group-level emoti…
Subtle activation of a social categorization triggers group-level emotions
Evidence of a dynamic association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence
Three studies explored the association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence. Study 1 and Study 2 provided evidence of a cross-sectional association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence in which positive contact was associated with increased intercultural competence and negative contact was associated with reductions in this outcome. In Study 3, longitudinal data allowed us to test the possibility of mutual in…
Imagined contact encourages prosocial behavior towards outgroup members
Imagined contact is a relatively new technique designed to focus the accumulated knowledge of over 500 studies of intergroup contact into a simple and versatile prejudice-reduction intervention. While it is now clear that imagined contact can improve intergroup attitudes, its ability to change actual intergroup behavior is less well established. Some emerging findings provide cause for optimism with nonverbal, and unobtrusive measures of behavior…
Smile when you say that
When increased confidence yields increased thought
Can past intergroup contact shape support for policies in a pandemic? Processes predicting endorsement of discriminatory Chinese restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis
A survey of 340 UK residents was conducted when the COVID-19 virus first reached the UK in February 2020. We measured past experiences of positive and negative intergroup contact with Chinese people as predictors of intergroup threat and emotions in the context of the pandemic; and how these processes in turn predicted support for discriminatory policies designed to restrict the freedom of Chinese people in the UK. We tested a novel threat-matchi…
Knowing how they feel
Feeling Good about Ourselves
The "better-than-average" effect, the tendency for people to view themselves as above average on positive characteristics but belowaverage on negative characteristics, is an important manifestation of the motive for self-enhancement. The present research examined whether the better-than-average effect occurred in Norway, a country with strong norms for modesty, and whether the same association between unrealistically positive self-appraisals and …
More than a prejudice reduction effect
Emerging research suggests intergroup contact has broader implications than prejudice reduction. In three studies, we explored whether positive intergroup contact may serve as a means to reduce conspiracy beliefs. Study 1 ( n = 287, pre‐registered) demonstrated that (high quality) contact with immigrants predicted lower belief in immigrant conspiracy theories, a finding that remained when controlling for prejudice. This was replicated in a second…
Group-based biases influence learning about individual trustworthiness
On the Profits and Perils of Guessing Right
On the Profits and Perils of Guessing Right
Feeling Good about Ourselves
The "better-than-average" effect, the tendency for people to view themselves as above average on positive characteristics but belowaverage on negative characteristics, is an important manifestation of the motive for self-enhancement. The present research examined whether the better-than-average effect occurred in Norway, a country with strong norms for modesty, and whether the same association between unrealistically positive self-appraisals and …
When increased confidence yields increased thought
Can emotions be truly group level? Evidence regarding four conceptual criteria
Recent advances in understanding prejudice and intergroup behavior have made clear that emotions help explain people's reactions to social groups and their members. Intergroup emotions theory (D. M. Mackie, T. Devos, & E. R. Smith, 2000; E. R. Smith, 1993) holds that intergroup emotions are experienced by individuals when they identify with a social group, making the group part of the psychological self. What differentiates such group-level emoti…
Smile when you say that
Subtle activation of a social categorization triggers group-level emotions
Knowing how they feel
Imagined contact encourages prosocial behavior towards outgroup members
Imagined contact is a relatively new technique designed to focus the accumulated knowledge of over 500 studies of intergroup contact into a simple and versatile prejudice-reduction intervention. While it is now clear that imagined contact can improve intergroup attitudes, its ability to change actual intergroup behavior is less well established. Some emerging findings provide cause for optimism with nonverbal, and unobtrusive measures of behavior…
Examining the role of positive and negative intergroup contact and anti‐immigrant prejudice in B rexit
This study examined the interplay of anti‐immigrant prejudice and intergroup contact experience on voting intentions within B ritain's 2016 referendum on its membership in the E uropean U nion. In the days before the referendum, we asked more than 400 B ritish people how they planned to vote. We measured a number of demographic factors expected to predict voting intentions as well as individuals’ prejudice towards and intergroup contact experienc…
Group-based biases influence learning about individual trustworthiness
Can past intergroup contact shape support for policies in a pandemic? Processes predicting endorsement of discriminatory Chinese restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis
A survey of 340 UK residents was conducted when the COVID-19 virus first reached the UK in February 2020. We measured past experiences of positive and negative intergroup contact with Chinese people as predictors of intergroup threat and emotions in the context of the pandemic; and how these processes in turn predicted support for discriminatory policies designed to restrict the freedom of Chinese people in the UK. We tested a novel threat-matchi…
Evidence of a dynamic association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence
Three studies explored the association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence. Study 1 and Study 2 provided evidence of a cross-sectional association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence in which positive contact was associated with increased intercultural competence and negative contact was associated with reductions in this outcome. In Study 3, longitudinal data allowed us to test the possibility of mutual in…
More than a prejudice reduction effect
Emerging research suggests intergroup contact has broader implications than prejudice reduction. In three studies, we explored whether positive intergroup contact may serve as a means to reduce conspiracy beliefs. Study 1 ( n = 287, pre‐registered) demonstrated that (high quality) contact with immigrants predicted lower belief in immigrant conspiracy theories, a finding that remained when controlling for prejudice. This was replicated in a second…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (7 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 works) · Ingroups and outgroups (5 works) · Outgroup (4 works) · Personality (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works)