Stereotype-Consistent and Inconsistent Behavioral Changes After Image-Based Stereotype Priming

This dissertation reports four studies investigating the relationship between stereotype activation in out-group category members and subsequent changes in the performance of stereotype-relevant tasks. Based on pilot data collected in Study 1, three experiments were conducted in which Caucasian participants were subliminally exposed to images of either African-Americans or Asians. Study 2 demonstrated that exposure to African-American faces led to relatively poor performance on a quantitative subsection of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), whereas exposure to images of Asians led to relatively superior performance on the GRE task. Study 3 demonstrated that, in contrast to Study 2, subliminal exposure to African-American faces led to relatively good performance on a test of rhythmic ability. Study 4 demonstrated that sex differences in the mental representation of the Black stereotype led to qualitatively different effects on task performance. Exposing males to African-American faces improved subsequent basketball task performance, but exposing females to these faces led to poorer performance on the task. The implications of these results for the effects of stereotype activation on both in-group and out-group category members are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Colcombe, Stanley James, III

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clore, Gerald L.

• Psychology, Social

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9989966

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82314