Space-valence mapping of social concepts: Do we arrange negative and positive ethnic stereotypes from left to right?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The body-specificity hypothesis states that in right-handers, positive concepts should be associated with the right side and negative concepts with the left side of the body. Following this hypothesis, our study postulated that negative out-group ethnic stereotypes would be associated with the left side, and positive in-group stereotypes would be associated with the right side.

Methods

The experiment consisted of two parts. First, we measured the spatial mapping of ethnic stereotypes by using a sensibility judgment task, in which participants had to decide whether a sentence was sensible or not by pressing either a left or a right key. The sentences included German vs. Arabic proper names. Second, we measured implicit ethnic stereotypes in the same participan

SUBMITTER: Kuhne K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9780541 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature