TY - JOUR
T1 - Reducing implicit racial preferences
T2 - II. Intervention effectiveness across time
AU - Lai, Calvin K.
AU - Cooley, Erin
AU - Devos, Thierry
AU - Xiao, Y. Jenny
AU - Simon, Stefanie
AU - Joy-Gaba, Jennifer A.
AU - Roussos, Gina
AU - Schellhaas, Fabian M.H.
AU - Hu, Xiaoqing
AU - Axt, Jordan R.
AU - Schmidt, Kathleen
AU - Marini, Maddalena
AU - Shin, Jiyun Elizabeth L.
AU - Skinner, Allison L.
AU - Murrar, Sohad
AU - Brauer, Markus
AU - Calanchini, Jimmy
AU - Pedram, Christina
AU - Marshburn, Christopher K.
AU - Blanchar, John C.
AU - Conway, John
AU - Redford, Liz
AU - Klein, Rick A.
AU - Burns, Mason
AU - McLean, Meghan C.
AU - Asgari, Shaki
AU - Rubinstein, Rachel
AU - Rubichi, Sandro
AU - Nosek, Brian A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Implicit preferences are malleable, but does that change last? We tested 9 interventions (8 real and 1 sham) to reduce implicit racial preferences over time. In 2 studies with a total of 6,321 participants, all 9 interventions immediately reduced implicit preferences. However, none were effective after a delay of several hours to several days. We also found that these interventions did not change explicit racial preferences and were not reliably moderated by motivations to respond without prejudice. Short-term malleability in implicit preferences does not necessarily lead to long-term change, raising new questions about the flexibility and stability of implicit preferences.
AB - Implicit preferences are malleable, but does that change last? We tested 9 interventions (8 real and 1 sham) to reduce implicit racial preferences over time. In 2 studies with a total of 6,321 participants, all 9 interventions immediately reduced implicit preferences. However, none were effective after a delay of several hours to several days. We also found that these interventions did not change explicit racial preferences and were not reliably moderated by motivations to respond without prejudice. Short-term malleability in implicit preferences does not necessarily lead to long-term change, raising new questions about the flexibility and stability of implicit preferences.
KW - Attitudes
KW - Implicit association test
KW - Implicit social cognition
KW - Malleability
KW - Racial prejudice
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U2 - 10.1037/xge0000179
DO - 10.1037/xge0000179
M3 - Article
C2 - 27454041
AN - SCOPUS:84974533973
SN - 0096-3445
VL - 145
SP - 1001
EP - 1016
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
IS - 8
ER -