Automatic and controlled components of prejudice toward fat people: evaluation versus stereotype activation

Article Abstract:

Research presented concerns controlled and automatic factors that contribute to anti-fat perceptions, and how these factors can interact to produce prejudicial behavior. The study primed participants with images of thin and fat women to examine conscious and unconscious stereotype activation

United States, Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, Overweight persons, Public opinion, Prejudices, Prejudice

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The functional independence of trait and behavioural self-knowledge: methodological considerations and new empirical findings

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Research indicates that trait judgments and behavioural self-knowledge involve functionally independent memory systems. Three studies to support this finding have been performed. Trait self-descriptiveness judgements appear to be totally unrelated to behavioural memory. The define task appears to be an adequate control in behavioural analysis experiments.

Personality, Behaviorism (Psychology), Behaviorism, Personality traits

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Stereotype suppression and recognition memory for stereotypical and nonstereotypical information

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Research shows that people who actively avoid making stereotype judgements form an accurate impression of people who exhibit stereotypical behaviour. People who do not avoid making stereotype judgements recognize stereotypical and nonstereotypical behaviour with the same accuracy. Further research is necessary to establish how individuals differ when making stereotypical judgements.

Psychological aspects, Stereotyped behavior (Psychiatry)

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