Physiological Reactions of Black, Puerto Rican, and White Students in Suggested Ethnic Encounters

Kolk, Charles J. Vander

doi:10.1080/00224545.1978.9924042

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“…They found significantly larger responses to the Black than to the Caucasian experimenter, suggesting heightened anxiety responses–attributed to more negative attitudes–to Blacks (see also [50]). Others reported similar findings among Caucasian participants for anticipated contact with Blacks [51], as well as for simple visual depictions of Black targets [52,53]. …”

Section: New Frontiers In the Study Of Race And Social Cognitionsupporting

confidence: 53%

The neural correlates of race

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Bartholow

2009

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Behavioral analyses are a natural choice for understanding the wide-ranging behavioral consequences of racial stereotyping and prejudice. However, neuroimaging and electrophysiological research has recently considered the neural mechanisms that underlie racial categorization and the activation and application of racial stereotypes and prejudice, revealing exciting new insights. Work reviewed here points to the importance of neural structures previously associated with face processing, semantic knowledge activation, evaluation, and self-regulatory behavioral control, allowing for the specification of a neural model of race processing. We show how research on the neural correlates of race can serve to link otherwise disparate lines of evidence on the neural underpinnings of a broad array of social-cognitive phenomena, and consider implications for effecting change in race relations.

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Section: New Frontiers In the Study Of Race And Social Cognitionsupporting

confidence: 53%

The neural correlates of race

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Bartholow

2009

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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“…Similarly, both racial prejudice studies that focused on voice stress analysis (Vander Kolk, 1977b, 1978 reported significant findings in the expected direction. In contrast, all three racial prejudice studies that used the pupillary reflex (Collins, Ellsworth, & Helmreich, 1967;Woodmansee, 1970, Studies A and B) found no differential pupillary response to racial stimuli compared to control stimuli.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…With respect to racial prejudice, all three classical conditioning studies (Tognacci & Cook, 1975;Tursky, Lodge, Foley, Reeder, & Foley, 1976;Tursky, Lodge, & Reeder, 1979) found significant generalization of the conditioned skin conductance response to racially perceived test stimuli. Similarly, both racial prejudice studies that focused on voice stress analysis (Vander Kolk, 1977b, 1978) reported significant findings in the expected direction. In contrast, all three racial prejudice studies that used the pupillary reflex (Collins, Ellsworth, & Helmreich, 1967;Woodmansee, 1970, Studies A and B) found no differential pupillary response to racial stimuli compared to control stimuli.…”

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Psychophysiological Assessment of Prejudice: Past Research, Current Status, and Future Directions

1999

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Many early studies of prejudice adopted psychophysiological measures as a way to circumvent the limitations of self-report instruments. Despite serious methodological weaknesses, that literature consistently points to the value of physiological probes as nonreactive indexes of affective responses to target stimuli. Possible reasons for the virtual abandonment of psychophysiological approaches in the study of prejudice over the last 15 years are outlined, and their reintroduction is advocated on methodological and conceptual grounds. Theoretical perspectives and empirical research in a closely related area, the psychophysiology of emotion, are reviewed and the implications of this literature for the study of prejudice are discussed. Several psychophysiological approaches have been found valuable for assessing the valence and intensity of emotional responses. The availability of these tools, together with the shifting theoretical zeitgeist, make prejudice research ready for a return to psychophysiological methodologies. A multi-method prejudice assessment model is proposed and its theoretical and heuristic advantages are discussed.

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“…Given the previous research indicating that Whites are anxious when interacting with Blacks (Rankin & Campbell, 1955;Vander Kolk, 1978;Vidulich & Krevanick, 1966), it is somewhat disappointing that the subjects did not report greater anxiety when interacting with Black than White partners. There are several possible reasons for this lack of reported anxiety.…”

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Emotional Reactions to Interracial Achievement Outcomes¹

Stephan

1989

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Students interacted with a White or a Black partner on an achievement task. It was predicted that the anxiety elicited by interacting with an outgroup member would lead to amplified emotional reactions to achievement outcomes. Consistent with this prediction, emotional reactions to success were more positive with a Black partner than with a White partner, whereas emotional reactions to failure were more negative with a Black partner than with a White partner. In addition, under conditions of low public self‐awareness, Black partners were given less credit for success and blamed more for failure than White partners. This prejudicial pattern of attributions disappeared under conditions of high public self‐awareness.

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Physiological Reactions of Black, Puerto Rican, and White Students in Suggested Ethnic Encounters

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

The neural correlates of race

The neural correlates of race

Psychophysiological Assessment of Prejudice: Past Research, Current Status, and Future Directions

Emotional Reactions to Interracial Achievement Outcomes¹

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Physiological Reactions of Black, Puerto Rican, and White Students in Suggested Ethnic Encounters

Cited by 12 publications

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The neural correlates of race

The neural correlates of race

Psychophysiological Assessment of Prejudice: Past Research, Current Status, and Future Directions

Emotional Reactions to Interracial Achievement Outcomes1

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