This research investigates whether the salience of ingroup-outgroup distinctions moderates automatic intergroup bias in evaluating multiply categorizable social targets. Two experiments manipulated the salience of participants' social identity based on age or race. Results showed young White participants exhibited higher automatic race bias when racial identity was salient and higher automatic age bias when age identity was salient. This suggests that directing attention to ingroup identity, in contrast to the outgroup, is sufficient to alter automatic intergroup bias.
Publisher
Frontiers in Psychology
Published On
May 01, 2024
Authors
Stephanie Heitmann, Regina Reichardt
Tags
ingroup-outgroup distinctions
automatic intergroup bias
social identity
age
race
bias moderation
social targets
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