Faculty Articles
Understanding The Relations Between Different Forms Of Racial Prejudice: A Cognitive Consistency Perspective
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
ISSN
0146-1672
Publication Date
5-2008
Abstract
Research on racial prejudice is currently characterized by the existence of diverse concepts (e.g., implicit prejudice, old-fashioned racism, modern racism, aversive racism) that are not well integrated from a general perspective. The present article proposes an integrative framework for these concepts employing a cognitive consistency perspective. Specifically, it is argued that the
reliance on immediate affective reactions toward racial minority groups in evaluative judgments about these groups depends on the consistency of this evaluation with other relevant beliefs pertaining to central components of old-fashioned, modern, and aversive forms of prejudice. A central prediction of the proposed framework is that the relation between “implicit” and “explicit” prejudice should be moderated by the interaction of egalitarianism-related, nonprejudicial goals and perceptions of discrimination. This prediction was confirmed in a series of three studies. Implications for research on prejudice are discussed.
DOI
10.1177/0146167207313729
Volume
34
Issue
5
First Page
648
Last Page
665
NSUWorks Citation
Gawronski, B.,
Peters, K. R.,
Brochu, P. M.,
Strack, F.
(2008). Understanding The Relations Between Different Forms Of Racial Prejudice: A Cognitive Consistency Perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(5), 648-665.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/507
