Reducing Implicit Prejudice by Blurring Intergroup Boundaries

Effect of Framing of Reentry Program on Perceptions of Ex-Offenders

“…The results from the present studies indicate that participants in the global citizen condition rated the ex-offender as more honest and likeable, reported less desire to distance themselves socially from the ex-offender (i.e., less prejudice), and expressed greater endorsement to hire the ex-offender than those in the control condition. Thus, the results across the four studies support prior crossed categorization research (Crisp & Hewstone, 1999;Crisp et al, 2001;Hall et al, 2009) showing reduced prejudice toward outgroup members. Importantly, the model in Studies 3 and 4 show that participants expressed less prejudice (i.e., lower social distance) and were more willing to hire the ex-offender who completed a global citizen reentry program (vs. no program) partly because the ex-offender was viewed as more similar to the self and more likable.…”

“…The goal of the present research was to create the perception of a common identity between the employer and the ex-offender through crossed categorization (i.e., ex-offender and global citizen). A wealth of research shows that making multiple identities salient reduces intergroup bias (Crisp & Hewstone, 1999;Crisp et al, 2001) by increasing the perceived commonality between ingroup and outgroup members (see Hall et al, 2009). The results from the present studies indicate that participants in the global citizen condition rated the ex-offender as more honest and likeable, reported less desire to distance themselves socially from the ex-offender (i.e., less prejudice), and expressed greater endorsement to hire the ex-offender than those in the control condition.…”

“…Social scientific researchers have long examined methods to reduce intergroup bias (e.g., Crisp & Hewstone, 1999;Crisp, Hewstone, & Rubin, 2001;Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000), and one of the most promising models to date is the crossed categorization model that seeks to increase perceived commonality between groups (see Hall, Crisp, & Suen, 2009). The basic idea of the crossed categorization model is to make dual identities salient (e.g., ex-offender and global citizen) in an effort to highlight a greater number of shared category memberships, rather than a single ingroup versus outgroup identity.…”

Multisensory stimulation with other-race faces and the reduction of racial prejudice

“…Such differences reduction also seems to be an important concept for understanding other social behaviours, such as intergroup relations (Billing & Tajfel, 1973;Roccas & Schwartz, 1993;Hall, Crisp, & Suen, 2009). For example, when observers are asked to list attributes that people of their own and another race share, the differences between these groups are blurred, which produces a positive effect in the reduction of prejudice (Hall et al, 2009).…”

“…For example, when observers are asked to list attributes that people of their own and another race share, the differences between these groups are blurred, which produces a positive effect in the reduction of prejudice (Hall et al, 2009). Other tasks, such as behavioural mimicry and intergroup contact, are also based on the reduction of self-other differences and have been employed to decrease prejudice toward outgroup members (see Crips & Turner, 2009;Davis, Conklin, Smith, & Luce, 1996;Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000;Inzlicht, Gutsell, & Legault, 2012;Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006;Turner, Crisp, & Lambert, 2007).…”