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Title: | Perceptions of mixed-race: A study using an implicit index |
Authors: | Wright, B Olyedemi, M Gaines, SO |
Keywords: | Explicit perception;Implicit perception;Mixed-race;Social cognition;Stroop task |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Citation: | Journal of Black Psychology, (12 November 2014) |
Abstract: | The psychology of race is in its infancy, particularly in the United Kingdom and especially regarding mixed-race. Most use untimed explicit indexes and qualitative/self-report measures. Here, we used not only explicit responses (participants’ choice of response categories) but also implicit data (participants’ response times, RT). In a Stroop task, 92 Black, White, and mixed-race participants classified photographs of mixed-race persons. Photos were accompanied by a word, such as Black or White. Participants ignored the word, simply deciding whether to categorize photos as White or Black. Averaged across three different instructional sets, White participants categorized mixed-race slightly to the White side of the center point, with Black participants doing the converse. Intriguingly, mixed-race participants placed mixed-race photos further toward Black than did the Black group. But for RT, they now indicated midway between White and Black participants. We conclude that at the conscious (key-press) level, mixed-race persons see being mixed-race as Black, but at the unconscious (RT) level, their perception is a perfect balance between Black and White. Findings are discussed in terms of two recent theories of racial identity. |
URI: | http://jbp.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/07/23/0095798414550248 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9721 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095798414550248 |
ISSN: | 1552-4566 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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