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| Title: | Recognizing discrimination explicitly while denying it implicitly: Implicit social identity protection |
| Authors: | Peach, Jennifer M. |
| Keywords: | implicit attitudes
normative regard
social identity protection
affirmation
collective action
devalued groups |
| Approved Date: | 19-May-2010 |
| Date Submitted: | 2010 |
| Abstract: | Past research suggests that members of devalued groups recognize their group is discriminated against. Do the implicit responses of members of these groups demonstrate the same pattern? I argue that they do not and that this is due to a motivated protection of members of devalued groups’ social identity. Study 1 demonstrates that, at an explicit level African-Canadians recognize that their group is discriminated against, but at an implicit level African-Canadians think that most people like their group to a greater extent than do European-Canadians. Study 2 replicates this implicit finding but demonstrates that devalued and majority groups do not have different implicit normative regard about a non-devalued group. Study 3 again replicates the implicit finding with Muslim participants while demonstrating that, when affirmed, this group difference disappears. Study 4 demonstrates that implicit normative regard can predict collective action over and above implicit attitudes and explicit normative regard. The implications for social identity theory and collective action are discussed. |
| Program: | Psychology |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Degree: | Doctor of Philosophy |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5196 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Arts Theses and Dissertations
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