Predicting Intergroup Bias: The Interactive Effects of Implicit Theory and Social Identity

• Main Authors: HONG, Ying-Yi, COLEMAN, Jill, CHAN, Gloria, WONG, Rosanna Y. M., CHIU, Chi-Yue, HANSEN, Ian G., LEE, Sau-Lai, TONG, Jennifer, FU, Ho-Ying
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: intergroup perception; implicit theories; social identity; prejudice; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/278
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This research sought to integrate the implicit theory approach and the social identity approach to understanding biases in intergroup judgment. The authors hypothesized that a belief in fixed human character would be associated with negative bias and prejudice against a maligned group regardless of...