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When Prejudice Does Not Pay: Effects of Interracial Contact on Executive Function

Richeson, Jennifer A., Shelton, J. Nicole·2003·Psychological Science

Abstract

This study examined the influence of interracial interaction on the cognitive functioning of members of a dominant racial group. White participants had a brief interaction with either a White or a Black confederate, and then completed an ostensibly unrelated Stroop color-naming test. Prior to the interaction, participants' racial attitudes regarding Whites and Blacks were measured via the Implicit Association Test. Racial attitudes were predictive of impairment on the Stroop test for individuals who participated in interracial interactions, but not for those who participated in same-race interactions. The results are consistent with recently proposed resource models of self-regulation and executive control in that interracial interaction, a particularly taxing exercise of self-regulation for highly prejudiced individuals, negatively affected performance on a subsequent, yet unrelated, test of executive function.

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Authors
Richeson, J. A., & Shelton, J. N.
Affiliations
  • Dartmouth College (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author
Richeson, Jennifer A.
Venue
Psychological Science
Published
2003-05
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
287-290
ISSN
  • 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9280
OpenAlex
W2118796101
Cited by
538
References
30
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FWCI
67.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords
interracial interaction, prejudice, racial attitudes, implicit attitudes, Stroop task, executive function, self-regulation, resource model, cognitive performance, interracial contact
MeSH terms
Adult, Attention, Black or African American, Color Perception, Discrimination Learning, Female, Humans, Male, Prejudice, Problem Solving, Psychological Tests, Race Relations, Reaction Time, Semantics, Word Association Tests, White People

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