Discrete emotions elucidate the effects of crossed-categorization on prejudice

Three studies integrated crossed-categorization and discrete emotion approaches to prejudice and prejudice reduction. Study 1 made salient crossed-categorization using naturally occurring groups and examined the ability of emotions to account for prejudiced evaluations. Study 2 constructed novel cro...

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Published in:Journal of experimental social psychology 2012, Vol.48 (1), p.55-69
Main Authors: Ray, Devin G., Mackie, Diane M., Smith, Eliot R., Terman, Amanda W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crossed-categorisation
Discrete emotion
Emotion
Emotions
Evaluation
Gender
Intergroup relations
Measurement
Prejudice
Prejudice reduction
Psychological effects
Sexual orientation
Social psychology
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Summary:Three studies integrated crossed-categorization and discrete emotion approaches to prejudice and prejudice reduction. Study 1 made salient crossed-categorization using naturally occurring groups and examined the ability of emotions to account for prejudiced evaluations. Study 2 constructed novel crossed-categorizations in the laboratory to examine the role of appraisal-based emotions in evaluations of crossed-categories. Study 3 crossed gender and sexual orientation, for which elicited discrete emotions predict different evaluative responses than do shared and unshared group memberships alone. In all three studies, discrete emotions were able to account for the effects of crossed-categorization on evaluative measures of prejudice and revealed emotional paths to prejudice reduction which would be obscured by the evaluative measures alone. In Study 3, a discrete emotions approach better predicted evaluations than did shared and unshared group membership alone. These results converge to highlight the importance of discrete emotions in understanding the evaluative implications of crossed-categorization, especially for prejudice reduction. ► We integrate discrete emotion and crossed-categorization theories of prejudice. ► Additive combination of emotions accounts for evaluation in crossed-categorization. ► Emotions offer insights obscured by evaluative approaches to crossed-categorization. ► Discrete emotions extend and complement current theories of crossed-categorization.
ISSN:0022-1031
1096-0465
DOI:10.1016/j.jesp.2011.07.011