The Effect Context Priming on Implicit Automatic Racial Stereotype Activation

Date of Award

2003

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Raghavan, Chemba

Keywords

Automaticity, Racial Stereotype, Implicit Associations

Area of Concentration

Psychology

Abstract

Research has shown that priming, or exposure to project relevant terms or categories, has an effect on peoples' unspoken, implicit, automatic evaluation (Dasgupta & Greenwald, 1998; Mitchell, et al., 2001). Based on this research, this study explored how priming people with specific trait terms associated with racial stereotypes affects their implicit associations. A sample of 81 (42 female, 39 male) White American and Hispanic-American college-aged individuals (M=22.03 yrs.) participated in this study. Participants first completed a demographics questionnaire, then performed a subliminal trait term priming task. Following the completion of these two tasks, participants performed a computer version of the Race IAT, which explores implicit associations. Results from this study showed no significant effect of priming, findings that were most likely influenced by the various factors concerning the sample. The study has important implications for further research into processes of stereotyping. Modifications of this study may yield significant findings and may have implications for discrimination prevention, a salient issue in the United States at present.

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