CONDEMNING AND CONDONING RACISM - A SOCIAL-CONTEXT APPROACH TO INTERRACIAL SETTINGS

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作者
BLANCHARD, FA
CRANDALL, CS
BRIGHAM, JC
VAUGHN, LA
机构
[1] UNIV KANSAS,DEPT PSYCHOL,LAWRENCE,KS 66045
[2] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT PSYCHOL,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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10.1037/0021-9010.79.6.993
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
摘要
Campus racial harassment provided the context for an experiment, replicated over 3 different campus samples, regarding the effects of social influence on Whites' reactions to racism. Hearing someone condemn racism led Ss to express significantly stronger antiracist opinions than occurred following exposure to a no-influence control condition. Furthermore, hearing someone condone racism led Ss to adopt significantly less strong antiracist positions than when no other opinions were introduced. The robust social influence effects were obtained regardless of whether the source was White or Black or whether Ss responded publicly or privately. A social context approach to interracial settings is discussed.
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