Consequences of Reverse Discrimination

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13675696
AutoresStephen Johnson (0000-0001-8019-6960, Ball State University, autor de correspondencia), Stephen D Johnson (Ball State University)
Año1980
Volumen47
Número3_suppl
Páginas1035-1038
Fecha de publicación1980-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1980.47.3f.1035
OpenAlexW2060088092
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas6

62 white subjects participated in an experiment to assess reactions to reverse discrimination. After losing to a black confederate on two tests of ability either because the confederate had more ability or because the confederate was black (reverse discrimination), the subjects' reactions to the black were assessed. Reverse discrimination was considered more unjust and this could possibly be viewed as a violation of three principles, equity, equality, and need. Furthermore, reverse discrimination produced some tendency to feel one had less control over rewards in life. However, reverse discrimination did not increase aggression or prejudice toward blacks or a tendency to believe in an unjust world Possible reasons were given for why a feeling of injustice in reaction to reverse discrimination did not lead to overt aggression toward the black confederate

Aggression · Feeling · Injustice · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Racism · Reverse discrimination · White (mutation · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology