2. Changing social norms
Ambiguity
◦ Gaertner & Dovidio, 2005
Endorse equality, display prejudice
Anxiety, discomfort, fear
◦ Pearson, Dovidio, & Gaertner, 2009
Implicit bias
High motivation to control, high prejudice
◦ Gawronski, Peters, Brochu, & Strack, 2008
3. Ingroup (a group which an individual
psychologically identifies with)
Intergroup relations
Equal status, common goals, intergroup
cooperation, and support of authority
◦ Allport, 1954
Decategorization/Recategorization
◦ Gaertner & Dovidio, 2012
Calvin H***
Shared
Major
Republican Democrat
Shared
Sports Team
4. Does a common identity have the ability to alleviate
or eliminate the effects of aversive racism?
Common identity - Calvin College
Hypothesis..
Dovidio & Gaertner, 2000
Nier, Gaertner, Dovidio, Banker, Ward, & Rust, 2001
Calvin College
Calvin College
5. Participants -
125 Calvin College Undergraduates
White (Some eliminated)
Enrolled in an Introductory Psychology course
◦ Compensation = Class credit
Other notes: Using deception and controlling
for race of experimenter
6.
7.
8. Independent Variables:
◦ Race
◦ Common Identity
Dependent Variables:
◦ Attitude toward victim
◦ Attitude toward police
◦ Evaluation of victim’s actions
◦ Evaluation of police’s actions
◦ Overall view of the situation
◦ Empathy for the victim
*Perception of the victim
Race
B W
CommonIdentity
PresentAbsent
9. After reading this article how hostile do you feel toward
Randal Johnson?
After reading this article how warm do you feel toward the
police officers involved?
Did Randal Johnson’s actions warrant/deserve the response the
police gave?
While they were mistaken, the police were justified in their
actions.
Overall, how upset are you about what happened to Randal
Johnson?
How compassionate do you feel toward Randal Johnson?
*Media perception questions included
*Likert Scale
10. Political ideology
View on discrimination
Typicality of victim (only in common identity
condition)
