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Unlike gender, race, or ethnicity, sexual orientation is not necessarily readily identifiable. Because of this, the biases that are associated with prejudice towards members of other groups might not be initially applied to gay men and...
The current work tests a model of interracial interactions that focuses on specific types of expectations as determinants of different affective responses to such interactions. NonBlack participants anticipating an interaction with a...
Given the important role of contact in improving attitudes toward outgroup members, it is necessary to examine factors that reduce majority group members' likelihood of having contact with minority group members. Recent research...
Gender differences were examined in compliant helping, which is responding to a request for aid. To assess the effect of social power, participants were assigned to a high-power, low-power, or power-neutral control condition. Two...
The present work explored the influence of emergency severity on racial biases in helping behavior. Three studies placed participants in staged emergencies and measured differences in the speed and quantity of help offered to Black and...
Religion can strongly impact people's worldviews. Although religion has many positive implications, it is also associated with intergroup tension and conflict. I argue that people vary in the degree to which religion influences their...
Social contagion concerns, heterosexuals' fears about being misidentified as gay/lesbian, can lead to anxiety about and avoidance of interacting with gay men/lesbians and even public derogation of gay men/lesbians. Due to the risk of...
The current work examined how the source of people's motivation to respond without prejudice influences the strategies they use during an actual interracial interaction and what impact these strategies have on the quality of the...
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