Thinking about Arabs and Muslims makes Americans shoot faster: Effects of category accessibility on aggressive responses in a shooter paradigm

Mange, Jessica; Young Chun, Woo; Sharvit, Keren; J. Bélanger, Jocelyn

doi:10.1002/ejsp.1883

Public

Thinking about Arabs and Muslims makes Americans shoot faster: Effects of category accessibility on aggressive responses in a shooter paradigm

Shared by NobleBlocks on May 20, 2012 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

Jessica Mange

Woo Young Chun

Keren Sharvit

Abstract

Abstract Is the same person perceived as more dangerous if the perceiver is induced to think about Arab and Muslim categories versus no category? Using the shooter paradigm, this study investigated the effects of the accessibility of ethnic (Arab) versus religious (Muslim) categories versus no categ...

Subject

Priming (agriculture)

Psychology

Social psychology

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!