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Predicting When Social Class is Associated with Racial/Ethnic Prejudice Among White Americans

Hines, Bryon D., Hines
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1538413299428568

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2018, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Experimental Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
The current research investigates when and why White Americans of high versus low socioeconomic status (SES) report prejudice against racial/ethnic minorities. It is hypothesized that the nature of stereotypes about the outgroup (i.e., as competitive or as disadvantaged) will moderate the relationship between socioeconomic status and prejudice. Specifically, low-SES White Americans are predicted to exhibit greater prejudice towards racial/ethnic outgroups characterized as competitive, due to perceptions of realistic threat to the ingroup’s resources. High-SES White Americans, on the other hand, are predicted to exhibit greater prejudice towards racial/ethnic outgroups characterized as disadvantaged, due to a lack of empathy for these groups. Consistent with predictions, Study 1 found that SES correlated positively with prejudice toward racial/ethnic minority groups stereotyped as disadvantaged. Inconsistent with predictions, however, SES was uncorrelated with prejudice toward racial/ethnic minority groups stereotyped as competitive, perhaps because a suboptimal measure of “competitiveness” was used. Study 2 experimentally manipulated outgroup stereotypes as competitive versus disadvantaged and incorporated measures of the hypothesized realistic threat and empathy mediators. None of the hypotheses in Study 2 were supported, and possible reasons for this are discussed.
Kimberly Rios (Advisor)
57 p.
Psychobiology
socioeconomic status; prejudice; realistic threat; intergroup attitudes; White Americans

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  • Hines, Hines, B. D. (2018). Predicting When Social Class is Associated with Racial/Ethnic Prejudice Among White Americans [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1538413299428568

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hines, Hines, Bryon. Predicting When Social Class is Associated with Racial/Ethnic Prejudice Among White Americans. 2018. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1538413299428568.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hines, Hines, Bryon. "Predicting When Social Class is Associated with Racial/Ethnic Prejudice Among White Americans." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1538413299428568

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