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Discussion Effects on Racial Attitudes
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We predicted that discussion would enhance dominant group values, leading to increased polarization between homogeneously composed groups of high-, medium-, and low-prejudice high school subjects. In an experimental condition, group members made individual attitude judgments, discussed them, and remade judgments. Control groups discussed irrelevant materials before responding again to the attitude items. As predicted, discussion of the racial attitude items with others having similar attitudes significantly increased the gap between high- and low-prejudice groups.
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“it has been shown that people sharing similar extreme opinions, such as racial prejudices, tend to strengthen their judgment and confidence after interacting with one another [12].”
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- Authors
- Myers, D. G., & Bishop, G. D.
- Affiliations
- Hope College (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1970-08-21
- Volume
- 169
- Issue
- 3947
- Pages
- 778-779
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2078564580
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- References
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- FWCI
- 97.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Science (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Keywords
- racial attitudes, group polarization, prejudice, attitude change, high school students
- MeSH terms
- Analysis of Variance, Attitude, Group Processes, Prejudice, Psychology, Social, Surveys and Questionnaires, Race Relations, Social Dominance, Social Values, Sociometric Techniques, Students
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