The Contributing Role of Prevalent Belief Systems to Intergroup Attitudes and Behaviors

Levy, Sheri R.; West, Tara; Rosenthal, Lisa

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“…Intergroup ideologies are a useful way of understanding, predicting, and reducing prejudice toward marginalized groups (e.g., Levy, Chiu, & Hong, ). These ideologies reflect people's beliefs about groups or cultures, how members of these groups should act or behave, and ultimately influence our perceptions of intergroup relations (Levy, West, & Rosenthal, ).…”

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Prejudice, polyculturalism, and the influence of contact and moral exclusion: A comparison of responses toward LGBI, TI, and refugee groups

Healy

Thomas

Pedersen

2017

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Prejudice toward marginalized groups is recognized as a complex and harmful social issue. The present study investigates the role of polyculturalism in undermining prejudice toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people and refugees. A pilot study (N = 76) compared participants' prejudice, contact, and moral exclusion toward lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) and transgender or intersex (TI) people. There were differences for three out of four variables; thus, LGB and TI variables were separated in the study proper (N = 154). In this study, we investigated moral exclusion and contact (quantity and quality) relating to LGB, TI, and refugee groups as simultaneous mediators of the relationship between polyculturalism and prejudice, while taking into account openness as per previous research. Structural equation modeling indicated that moral exclusion and contact quality acted as mediators between polyculturalism and prejudice for LGB people, TI people, and refugees.

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Prejudice, polyculturalism, and the influence of contact and moral exclusion: A comparison of responses toward LGBI, TI, and refugee groups

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Thomas

Pedersen

2017

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…Individuals use belief systems to understand and construct their social reality (Levy, West, & Rosenthal, ). Belief systems have the ability to direct behavior, cognitions, and emotions to serve personal needs (Levy et al, ). Belief systems regarding diversity express how individuals think other groups should behave and how public policy should be shaped; these are referred to as ideologies (Levy et al, ).…”

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“…Belief systems have the ability to direct behavior, cognitions, and emotions to serve personal needs (Levy et al, ). Belief systems regarding diversity express how individuals think other groups should behave and how public policy should be shaped; these are referred to as ideologies (Levy et al, ). These ideologies can influence a range of behaviors and attitudes toward other groups in positive and negative ways (Rattan & Ambady, ).…”

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The consequences of intergroup ideologies and prejudice control for discrimination and harmony

Pedersen

Paradies

Barndon

2015

J Applied Social Pyschol

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In the present study, we investigated two literature bases by way of a community survey across Australia. We investigated four acculturation orientations (assimilation, multiculturalism, color-blind, and polyculturalism ideologies) and the motivations to respond without prejudice. We examined what predicted support for Harmony Day as well as explicit discrimination. Multiculturalism, polyculturalism, and internal motivation to respond without prejudice correlated with positive attitudes in both scenarios. External motivation to respond without prejudice was positively correlated with discrimination. Conversely, color-blind ideology had no effect, and assimilation ideology related positively to explicit discrimination and negatively with Harmony Day. Using a multiple regression analysis, there was a difference in emphasis in different contexts. Our findings provide antiprejudice practitioners with material for discussions which can promote positive intergroup relations.Australia prides itself on being a multicultural nation and our lack of racism and prejudice. Yet, evidence of racism throughout Australian history and in contemporary times is overwhelming. A recent example was the 2005 Cronulla Riots where white Australians attacked people of Middle-Eastern descent; in some cases, ripping off the hijab of young Muslim women (Dunn, 2009). Australian authorities, however, do not accept that racism is a problem in Australian society. For example, former Prime Minister John Howard stated "I do not accept that there is underlying racism in this country" after the Cronulla Riots (Davies & Peatling, 2005). Indeed, he rebranded "racism" and "multiculturalism" as "harmony," including, in 1999, renaming the UN international day for the elimination of racial discrimination as "harmony" day. Furthermore, there have been a number of what some researchers argue are other racist attacks; for example, the attacks on Indian students in Melbourne (Dunn, Pelleri, & Maeder-Han, 2011). Again, our politicians denied the role of racism in such events. For example, former Prime Minister Kevin Runn stated "I do not believe that racism is at work in Australia after the attacks on Indian students" (O'Malley & Wade, 2010). There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that prejudice and racism exists in Australia toward a number of marginalized groups such as Muslim and Indigenous Australians (Griffiths & Pedersen, 2009) and asylum seekers (Every & Augoustinos, 2007). This, of course, is not conducive to a cohesive and just society. Thus, in the present study, we investigate ideological factors relating to prejudice and discrimination in the Australian setting.Individuals use belief systems to understand and construct their social reality (Levy, West, & Rosenthal, 2012). Belief systems have the ability to direct behavior, cognitions, and emotions to serve personal needs . Belief systems regarding diversity express how individuals think other groups should behave and how public policy should be shaped; these are referred to as ideologi...

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“…Thus, Study 2 aimed to establish a causal link between diversity ideologies and creativity through the use of priming techniques. Specifically, we utilized the fact that like other lay theories (e.g., Levy, West, & Rosenthal, 2012; Tadmor et al, 2013), beliefs about how to manage diversity are a part of people’s declarative knowledge. Consequently, they follow the principles of knowledge activation (Higgins, 1996) and can be experimentally activated by reading persuasive arguments that support each position (e.g., Wolsko et al, 2000).…”

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Are All Diversity Ideologies Creatively Equal? The Diverging Consequences of Colorblindness, Multiculturalism, and Polyculturalism

Cho

Tadmor

Morris

2018

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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In three studies, we examined how diversity ideologies can differentially affect creativity. Building on past research establishing that embracing foreign ideas contributes to creativity in problem solving, we predicted that diversity ideologies would have consequences for cultural creativity through their differential impact on how people would make use of foreign knowledge. We found that colorblindness (the ethos of disregarding cultural differences) was associated with lower cultural creativity through reduced inclusion of foreign ideas. Polyculturalism (the ethos of fostering intercultural interaction) was associated with higher cultural creativity through greater inclusion of foreign ideas. Finally, we found that classical multiculturalism (the ethos of preserving separate cultural traditions) had no effects on creative problem solving. Results held across different populations of participants (Americans, Israelis), different measures of creativity (flexibility, novelty), and different ways of probing ideologies (individual differences, experimental priming). These results indicate that diversity ideologies not only affect how people treat foreign people but also how they treat foreign ideas, with implications for their creativity.

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The Contributing Role of Prevalent Belief Systems to Intergroup Attitudes and Behaviors

Cited by 6 publications

References 65 publications

Prejudice, polyculturalism, and the influence of contact and moral exclusion: A comparison of responses toward LGBI, TI, and refugee groups

Prejudice, polyculturalism, and the influence of contact and moral exclusion: A comparison of responses toward LGBI, TI, and refugee groups

The consequences of intergroup ideologies and prejudice control for discrimination and harmony

Are All Diversity Ideologies Creatively Equal? The Diverging Consequences of Colorblindness, Multiculturalism, and Polyculturalism

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