National Images as Integrated Schemas
Subliminal Primes of Image Attributes Shape Foreign Policy Preferences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7351982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emanuele Castano (0000-0003-1709-590X, New School), Alain Bonacossa (Northwestern University), Peter Gries (0000-0001-6780-1177, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 351-366 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/pops.12259 |
| OpenAlex | W2164555436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 36 |
International Image Theory (IIT) suggests that individuals maintain holistic images of other countries that are akin to schemas, or stereotypes, and that these national images shape both attitudes and foreign policy preferences. Previous research has manipulated national images via explicit descriptions of fictitious countries and found initial evidence for such effects. Here we extend this research and investigate whether (1) priming subliminal associations of a real country with image‐specific adjectives leads individuals to endorse such an image for that country, and whether (2) the endorsement of national images mediates observed effects on foreign policy preferences. We first demonstrate that the perception of a nation's power can be experimentally manipulated via associative implicit priming (pilot study). In Experiment 1, we then found that participants who were subliminally primed with adjectives pertinent to the ally, enemy, or dependent image of a country evaluated the country on the National Image scale (Alexander, Brewer, & Hermann, 1999) in a manner consistent with the prime. Experiment 2 further showed that induced national images mediate priming effects on foreign policy preferences
Associative property · Cognitive psychology · Foreign policy · Geography · Image (mathematics · Perception · Political science · Politics · Prime (order theory · Priming (agriculture · Scale (ratio · Subliminal stimuli · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |