The Impact of Direct and Extended Cross-Group Friendships on Improving Intergroup Relations

2009 ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiana Vonofakou ◽  
Miles Hewstone ◽  
Alberto Voci ◽  
Stefania Paolini ◽  
Rhiannon N. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
The Impact

Prejudicial reactions to the removal of Native American mascots

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843022110408
Author(s):  
Tyler Jimenez ◽  
Jamie Arndt ◽  
Peter J. Helm
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Location Study ◽  
Chief Illiniwek ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chief Wahoo

As Native American mascots are discontinued, research is needed to understand the impact on intergroup relations. Such discontinuations may be threatening to some and increase prejudice against Native Americans. In Study 1 ( N = 389), exposure to information about a Native American mascot removal increased punitive judgments against a Native American in a hypothetical legal scenario, particularly among those high in racial colorblindness and those residing in the implicated geographical location. Study 2 ( N = 358,644) conceptually replicated and extended these findings, using population-level implicit bias data to perform a natural quasi-experiment. Prejudice against Native Americans increased in the year following the removal of two Native American mascots: “Chief Illiniwek” and “Chief Wahoo.” However, in the case of Chief Illiniwek, the effect diminished after 6 years. Together, the studies contribute to understanding the psychological impact of Native American mascots, offering a first look at how their removal influence intergroup relations.

scholarly journals National Resilience to Protracted Violence in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Korostelina
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
National Community ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chronic Violence

This paper concentrates on the production of power of the Ukrainian nation, that not only deals with continuous violence within the nation, but also develops national strength to address this violence. This paper aims to explore how the Ukrainian nation develops resilience to protracted violence as a form of transformative power and what factors contribute or impede this process. The paper defines resilience as a form of power that enhances the capacity of a national community to heal from trauma, effectively resists perpetrators of violence, and positively transform intergroup relations to remove communities from contexts of chronic violence and war. Based on semi-structured interviews with twenty-six respondents and a phenomenological analysis of data, this paper shows that effective practices of resilience developed by the national community of Ukraine, including volunteerism, a critical approach to history, and dialogue, not only aid Ukrainians in the adaptation to the chronic violence but also in the transformation of the nature and the impact of the violence on the national community. At the same time, these practices not only utilize external and internal resources but shape the societal capacities and the international interventions. Finally, these practices also alter visions of the society and dynamics of relations between power agents.

scholarly journals Impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on attention to the eyes of same-race and other-race faces

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry Kawakami ◽  
Justin P. Friesen ◽  
Amanda Williams ◽  
Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko ◽  
David M. Sidhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Person Perception ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
Perceived Similarity ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Linear Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Black Faces ◽  
Interpersonal Similarity

AbstractOne reason for the persistence of racial discrimination may be anticipated dissimilarity with racial outgroup members that prevent meaningful interactions. In the present research, we investigated whether perceived similarity would impact the processing of same-race and other-race faces. Specifically, in two experiments, we varied the extent to which White participants were ostensibly similar to targets via bogus feedback on a personality test. With an eye tracker, we measured the effect of this manipulation on attention to the eyes, a critical region for person perception and face memory. In Experiment 1, we monitored the impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on White participants’ attention to the eyes of same-race White targets. In Experiment 2, we replicated this procedure, but White participants were presented with either same-race White targets or other-race Black targets in a between-subjects design. The pattern of results in both experiments indicated a positive linear effect of similarity—greater perceived similarity between participants and targets predicted more attention to the eyes of White and Black faces. The implications of these findings related to top-down effects of perceived similarity for our understanding of basic processes in face perception, as well as intergroup relations, are discussed.

scholarly journals Black - White Intergroup Relations in France. The Impact of Antiracist Norm and Categorization Process using the RepMut Tool

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Roberto Velandia Coustol ◽  
Philippe Castel ◽  
Marie Francoise Lacassagne
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
The Impact

National Identities and Nation-building

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Nils Holtug
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Multicultural Community ◽  
Social Basis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This chapter demonstrates just how preoccupied contemporary liberal democracies are with the impact of immigration on social cohesion, and how they have responded to such concerns with nation-building policies and an emphasis on shared values. More specifically, four country cases are considered, namely Canada, Denmark, France, and the UK. Similarities and differences in how they have responded to concerns about diversity and social cohesion are explained. These responses invoke nation-building, relying to various degrees on nationalist, liberal, republican, and multicultural community conceptions, that is, conceptions of the social basis for intergroup relations and cooperation.

Stigma Building Blocks

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia K. Kang ◽  
Michael Inzlicht
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Relative Impact ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Minimal Groups ◽  
The Impact

Gaining an understanding of intergroup relations and outgroup rejection is an important childhood development. Children learn about rejection by outgroups via their own experiences and external instruction. A comparison of the impact of experience and instruction on first-, third-, and fifth-grade children’s evaluations of rejection by outgroups in a minimal-groups paradigm suggests that the relative impact of experience and instruction differs as children age. In Study 1, younger children were more influenced by instruction, and older children were more influenced by what they experienced for themselves. In Study 2, younger children were more influenced by instruction, even when that instruction conflicted with what they experienced; older children were more influenced by their own experiences, even when those experiences contradicted what they were told to expect. These findings suggest that children begin learning about outgroup rejection through instruction but start to rely more on their own experiences as they age.

Is Obama’s Win a Gain for Blacks?

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Bernstein ◽  
Steven G. Young ◽  
Heather M. Claypool
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African American ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
2008 Presidential Election ◽  
Explicit Prejudice ◽  
Implicit Prejudice ◽  
The Impact

Many have questioned what Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election means for prejudice and intergroup relations in the United States. In this study, we examined both explicit and implicit prejudice toward African Americans prior to and immediately following the election of the first African American to the nation’s highest office. Results indicated that implicit prejudice (as measured by an IAT) decreased following Obama’s victory, though explicit prejudice remained unchanged. The results are discussed in terms of the malleability of implicit attitudes, race relations, and the impact an Obama presidency and other positive exemplars may have on intergroup relations.

scholarly journals Social attitudes and behavior in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence and prospects from research on group processes and intergroup relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Krings ◽  
Ben Steeden ◽  
Dominic Abrams ◽  
Michael A. Hogg
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

The impact of COVID-19 on our way of life is yet to be fully understood. However, social psychology theory and research offer insights into its effect on social attitudes and behaviors, and here we gather the views of a unique group of experts in group processes and intergroup relations. Group processes and intergroup relations are major factors in social resilience and change arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. This special issue was developed to foreground the crucial role of group processes and intergroup relations in the COVID-19 pandemic. This article provides an overview of the areas explored in the special issue. First, we focus on the impact on societies, covering the evolution of intergroup processes during the pandemic, leadership, social connectedness, cultural differences in responses, and social development. Second, we turn to intergroup inequality and focus on gender inequality, ageism, xenophobia, and racial bias during COVID-19. Third, we explore worldviews during the pandemic, specifically conspiracy theories, science skepticism, and existential threat. Finally, we focus on the pandemic’s impact on behaviors, covering virtual working, social activism, virtual ostracism, and conformity and deviance. We finish with a discussion of the value of social psychology in helping us understand the impact of COVID-19 on social attitudes and behavior. As this special issue shows, group processes and intergroup relations are central to the ways that individuals and society is dealing with the challenges of this pandemic.

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