Increasing outgroup trust, reducing infrahumanization, and enhancing future contact intentions via imagined intergroup contact

Vezzali, Loris; Capozza, Dora; Stathi, Sofia; Giovannini, Dino

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.008

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“…Assessing trustworthiness ascriptions is important because decreased trust characterizes impressions of dehumanized outgroup members (Vezzali, Capozza, Stathi, & Giovannini, 2012). Trustworthiness is a core dimension of face evaluation (Oosterhof & Todorov, 2008) underlying the motives driving if and how people interact with others (Slepian, Young, & Harmon-Jones, 2017; Todorov, 2008).…”

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Configural face processing impacts race disparities in humanization and trust

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Krendl

Stanko

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Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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The dehumanization of Black Americans is an ongoing societal problem. Reducing configural face processing, a well-studied aspect of typical face encoding, decreases the activation of human-related concepts to White faces, suggesting that the extent that faces are configurally processed contributes to dehumanization. Because Black individuals are more dehumanized relative to White individuals, the current work examined how configural processing might contribute to their greater dehumanization. Study 1 showed that inverting faces (which reduces configural processing) reduced the activation of human-related concepts toward Black more than White faces. Studies 2a and 2b showed that reducing configural processing affects dehumanization by decreasing trust and increasing homogeneity among Black versus White faces. Studies 3a–d showed that configural processing effects emerge in racial outgroups for whom untrustworthiness may be a more salient group stereotype (i.e., Black, but not Asian, faces). Study 4 provided evidence that these effects are specific to reduced configural processing versus more general perceptual disfluency. Reduced configural processing may thus contribute to the greater dehumanization of Black relative to White individuals.

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Section: The Current Workmentioning

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Configural face processing impacts race disparities in humanization and trust

Cassidy

Krendl

Stanko

et al. 2017

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…Vicarious intergroup encountersknowing or hearing about in-group members who have out-group contact or friends-also improve out-group attitudes (Cameron, Rutland, Brown, & Douch, 2006;Paolini et al, 2004; (Vonofakou, Hewstone, & Voci, 2007). Moreover, imagining intergroup interactions has been found to reduce prejudice (Turner, Crisp, & Lambert, 2007; Turner & Crisp, 2010), encouraging intentions to meet the out-group (Crisp & Husnu, 2011;Husnu & Crisp, 2010) and strengthening out-group trust, which reduces the tendency to dehumanize members of the out-group (Vezzali, Capozza, Stathi, & Giovannini, 2012).Computer-mediated intergroup contact is another alternative to-or rather a variation of-engaging with an out-group member face-to-face. Amichai-Hamburger and McKenna The benefit of computer-mediated intergroup contact, in particular between individuals from different ethnic and religious groups, has been demonstrated in a limited number of studies that have, however, yielded promising results (see Lemmer & Wagner, 2015, for a meta-analysis).…”

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“…Moreover, imagining intergroup interactions has been found to reduce prejudice (Turner, Crisp, & Lambert, 2007;Turner & Crisp, 2010), encouraging intentions to meet the out-group (Crisp & Husnu, 2011;Husnu & Crisp, 2010) and strengthening out-group trust, which reduces the tendency to dehumanize members of the out-group (Vezzali, Capozza, Stathi, & Giovannini, 2012).…”

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When is computer-mediated intergroup contact most promising? Examining the effect of out-group members' anonymity on prejudice

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Computers in Human Behavior

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Computer-mediated intergroup contact (CMIC) is a valuable strategy to reduce negative sentiments towards members of different social groups. We examined whether characteristics of communication media that facilitate intergroup encounters shape its effect on out-group attitudes. Specifically, we propose that concealing individuating cues about out-group members during CMIC increases prejudice, as interaction partners are perceived as less socially present. To assess these hypotheses, we conducted two mixed-factorial experiments.Participants engaged in synchronous text-chat with out-group members (Study 1) and a confederate (Study 2) who either shared or concealed their name and photo. Overall, CMIC reduced negative out-group sentiments. Study 2 showed, however, that out-group members' anonymity decreased perceived social presence, which was associated with less positive evaluations of the CMIC and higher prejudice. In conclusion, CMIC can contribute to conflict resolution interventions, preparing individuals for direct intergroup contact, if its affordances or conversation topics enhance interaction partners' social presence.Keywords: intergroup contact, prejudice, anonymity, social presence, computer- (Postmes, Spears, & Lea, 1998, 2002. At the Center for Multiculturalism and Technology in Israel, for instance, computer-mediated communication (CMC) services facilitated exchanges between secular Jewish, Orthodox Jewish, and Arab-Islamic teachers (Hoter, Shonfeld, & Ganayim, 2009). After initial text-chats teachers used audio and then video conferencing to engage with out-group members. Following the online intergroup interactions, teachers expressed less prejudice towards the most unfavorable out-group.Negative attitudes of religious Jews towards Muslims were reduced, as were Muslims' negative attitudes towards religious and secular Jews (Walther, Hoter, Ganayem, & Shonfeld, 2015).Intergroup contact certainly is a powerful strategy to overcome conflict and engender harmonious relations between social groups (Allport, 1954;Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). In addition to a substantial literature attesting to the impact of direct, face-to-face intergroup encounters, empirical evidence (Alvídrez, Piñeiro-Naval, Marcos-Ramos, & Rojas-Solís, 2015;Schwab & Greitemeyer, 2015;Tynes, Giang, & Thompson, 2008;Walther et al., 2015;White, & Abu-Rayya, 2012;White, Abu-Rayya, & Weitzel, 2014;White, Abu-Rayya, Bliuc, & Faulkner, 2015) as well as evaluations of internet-based conflict reconciliation programs (Abbott, Austin, Mulkeen, & Metcalfe, 2004;Hoter et al., 2009;Stock et al., 2009) suggest that computer-mediated intergroup contact (CMIC) can as well promote positive out-group attitudes. Running head: ANONYMITY IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED INTERGROUP CONTACT 3The present research extends this work and highlights conditions that moderate the effect of CMIC on prejudice. Specifically, we sought to assess whether characteristics of communication media, such as social media platforms, chat tools, or email services, that enable compute...

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“…Rezultati istraživanja sličnog dizajna pokazuju da je program zamišljenog kontakta bio efikasan u smanjenju eksplicitnih i implicitnih predrasuda, kao i da je rezultirao pozitivnijim bihevioralnim namerama u eksperimentalnoj, u odnosu na kontrolnu grupu (Vezzali, Capozza, Giovannini & Stathi, 2011). Takođe, ovaj program je bio efikasan u razvoju pozitivnijih bihevioralnih namera i stavova u eksperimenatalnoj grupi, u odnosu na kontrolnu grupu (Vezzali, Capozza, Stathi & Giovannini, 2012). Treba napomenuti i da je učešće učenika bele rase u programu zamišljenog kontakta dovelo do pripisivanja pozitivnijih atributa i ispoljavanja pozitivnijih bihevioralnih namera, kao i do toga da su prepoznavali značajno više slično-sti sa vršnjacima iz Azije u odnosu na kontrolnu grupu (Stathi, Cameron, Hartley & Bradford, 2014).…”

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Changes of attitudes toward students with Down syndrome using the program of imagined contact

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2017

Spec eduk i rehabilitacija

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Increasing outgroup trust, reducing infrahumanization, and enhancing future contact intentions via imagined intergroup contact

Cited by 138 publications

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Configural face processing impacts race disparities in humanization and trust

Configural face processing impacts race disparities in humanization and trust

When is computer-mediated intergroup contact most promising? Examining the effect of out-group members' anonymity on prejudice

Changes of attitudes toward students with Down syndrome using the program of imagined contact

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