This research extends previous work showing that the correspondence between memory and judgment depends on whether a perceiver's processing objective is online or memory-based (Hastie & Park, 1986). On-line processing involves the integration of information into a summary judgment as it is encoded. Memory-based…

The purpose of this research was to analyze whether viewing mediated (onscreen) intergroup contact including a character with disabilities would affect non-disabled viewers’ attitudes towards people with disabilities. Utilizing the theoretical developments from cultivation analysis (Gerbner, 1998, Morgan & Shanahan, 2010), social cognitive…

This study examined the role parasocial contact with a transgender character on an online TV show (Transparent) may play in reducing prejudice toward transgender people. An experiment was conducted with participants randomly assigned to view either a video depicting a transgender character, or a non-transgender character portrayed by the same…

Aim: To examine the effectiveness of a psychosocial mental health promotion workshop, involving an ex‐service‐user researcher, in reducing discrimination about psychosis in teenagers.

Hypothesis: Pupils in the intervention condition will express less discrimination about a man characterised…

Reducing prejudice is a critical research agenda, and never before has counterfactual priming been evaluated as a potential prejudice reduction strategy. In the present experiment, participants were randomly assigned to imagine a pleasant interaction with a homosexual man and then think counterfactually about how an incident of sexual…

The present research investigated whether learning that an outgroup humanizes the ingroup (i.e., meta-humanization) enhances how people react to intergroup prosocial behaviours and their willingness to engage in intergroup contact. In three experiments conducted in two cultural contexts (Kosovo and North Macedonia; n =&nbsp…

Humans are empathic animals. We automatically match other people's motor responses, allowing us to get “under the skin” of other people. Although this perception–action-coupling—a form of motor resonance—occurs spontaneously, this happens less readily with the outgroup (vs. the ingroup) and for those high (vs. low) in prejudice. Thus, prejudice…

Although perceived differences between outgroup social categories and the self are often cited as a major contributor to prejudice and intergroup tension, surprisingly few studies have examined ways to improve associations between the self and racial outgroups. The present research investigated one strategy to increase these associations…

Mindfulness is defined as, “a state of conscious awareness in which the individual is implicitly aware of the context and content of information” (Langer, 1992, p. 289). The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which the cultivation of mindfulness in participants might lead to decreases in racial stereotyping and prejudice…

We present results from a large (n = 3,016) field experiment at a global organization testing whether a brief science-based online diversity training can change attitudes and behaviors toward women in the workplace. Our preregistered field experiment included an active placebo control and measured participants’ attitudes and real…