Reducing Implicit Prejudice by Blurring Intergroup Boundaries

Hall, Natalie R.; Crisp, Richard J.; Suen, Mein-woei

Abstract

In two experiments we examined whether and when blurring intergroup boundaries reduces implicit prejudice. In Experiment 1 we observed that when participants first completed a task in which they generated characteristics that overlapped between an ingroup and an outgroup they showed less implicit bias as measured by an Implicit Association Test. In Experiment 2 we found that the effectiveness of blurring intergroup boundaries for reducing implicit bias was moderated by pretask levels of ingroup identification. We discuss these findings in the context of extending differentiation-based interventions for reducing explicit bias to the domain of implicit attitudes.

Citation

Hall, N. R., Crisp, R. J., & Suen, M. (2009). Reducing Implicit Prejudice by Blurring Intergroup Boundaries. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31(3), 244-254. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973530903058474

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 6, 2009
• Publication Date: 2009-08
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2017
• Journal: Basic and Applied Social Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0197-3533
• Electronic ISSN: 1532-4834
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 244-254
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01973530903058474
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1348837