Is racial bias malleable? Whites' lay theories of racial bias predict divergent strategies for interracial interactions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Neel (0000-0002-8736-5082, Arizona State University), Jenessa R Shapiro (University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-120 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0028237 |
| PMID | 22564011 |
| OpenAlex | W2125683787 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 67 |
How do Whites approach interracial interactions? We argue that a previously unexamined factor-beliefs about the malleability of racial bias-guides Whites' strategies for difficult interracial interactions. We predicted and found that those who believe racial bias is malleable favor learning-oriented strategies such as taking the other person's perspective and trying to learn why an interaction is challenging, whereas those who believe racial bias is fixed favor performance-oriented strategies such as overcompensating in the interaction and trying to end the interaction as quickly as possible. Four studies support these predictions. Whether measured (Studies 1, 3, and 4) or manipulated (Study 2), beliefs that racial bias is fixed versus malleable yielded these divergent strategies for difficult interracial interactions. Furthermore, beliefs about the malleability of racial bias are distinct from related constructs (e.g., prejudice and motivations to respond without prejudice; Studies 1, 3, and 4) and influence self-reported (Studies 1-3) and actual (Study 4) strategies in imagined (Studies 1-2) and real (Studies 3-4) interracial interactions. Together, these findings demonstrate that beliefs about the malleability of racial bias influence Whites' approaches to and strategies within interracial interactions
Debiasing · In-group favoritism · Malleability · Perspective (graphical) · Prejudice (legal term) · Racial bias · Racism · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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