Determinants of automatic age and race bias: ingroup-outgroup distinction salience moderates automatic evaluations of social groups.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The present research investigates whether ingroup-outgroup distinction salience moderates automatic intergroup bias (i.e., more positive evaluations of ingroup targets relative to outgroup targets) toward multiply categorizable social targets.

Methods

In two experiments, we manipulated the salience of participants' social identity based on age vs. race, respectively. Afterwards, we measured automatic evaluations of social targets varying in age and race.

Results

Young White participants exhibited higher automatic race bias when their racial identity (i.e., White in contrast to Black) was salient. Conversely, they exhibited higher automatic age bias when their age identity (i.e., young in contrast to old) was salient.

Discussion

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SUBMITTER: Heitmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982430 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature