Event Title
Cross Dimensional Moral Credentials: The Effect of Race and Sexuality on Prejudice Behaviors
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
Despite what one may think, prejudice is not always the result of a biased upbringing. Past research has shown that when presented with a questionnaire that consisted of ambiguous, prejudiced statements, people were able to establish moral credentials by identifying the content as racist. In this way, they proved to themselves that they were unbiased. The purpose of our study is to research the influence of prejudice on decision making in a cross-domain experiment, in which race and sexual orientation act as our independent variables. Both of these topics are very prevalent in society today, and no cross-domain experiment on the two has ever been conducted. Furthermore, little to no research on moral credentials, decision making, and sexuality in conjunction with each other has been done. We want to see whether or not we can influence peoples decision-making and moral judgments with a three-part experiment. In this cross-domain experiment we will study how threats and credentials influence peoples bias. We expect that by the end of the study, our results will show that people are going to be more prejudiced when they have had the option to previously establish their moral credentials. Our results should further the understanding of how moral credentials or threats in one domain effects bias in another.
Faculty Sponsor
Martha Arterberry
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
69
Cross Dimensional Moral Credentials: The Effect of Race and Sexuality on Prejudice Behaviors
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Despite what one may think, prejudice is not always the result of a biased upbringing. Past research has shown that when presented with a questionnaire that consisted of ambiguous, prejudiced statements, people were able to establish moral credentials by identifying the content as racist. In this way, they proved to themselves that they were unbiased. The purpose of our study is to research the influence of prejudice on decision making in a cross-domain experiment, in which race and sexual orientation act as our independent variables. Both of these topics are very prevalent in society today, and no cross-domain experiment on the two has ever been conducted. Furthermore, little to no research on moral credentials, decision making, and sexuality in conjunction with each other has been done. We want to see whether or not we can influence peoples decision-making and moral judgments with a three-part experiment. In this cross-domain experiment we will study how threats and credentials influence peoples bias. We expect that by the end of the study, our results will show that people are going to be more prejudiced when they have had the option to previously establish their moral credentials. Our results should further the understanding of how moral credentials or threats in one domain effects bias in another.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/30