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Revisiting the Aversive Racism Hypothesis: The Role of Political Orientation and Suspicion in the Process

Cunningham, Keathun
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721412183768876

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2024, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Dovidio & Gaertner, 2000 have previously shown when given an excuse to be prejudiced, people are more likely to exhibit their underlying prejudice as opposed to when there’s an absence of an excuse—known as the aversive racism hypothesis. We look at this hypothesis for people who have been previously incarcerated as opposed to people who have not, with incarceration offering an excuse to be prejudiced. In addition, we examine suspicion (Fein, et al., 1990) as a possible mechanism that creates aversive racism and the role of political orientation in moderating the effect. In study 1 we found evidence for aversive racism creating suspicion, but only among liberals, in being a possible mechanism behind the stigma that the formerly incarcerated face. In study 2 we examined the role of maintaining a sense of being moral in creating the effect, but we were not able to successfully manipulate feelings of being moral. In study 3 we found evidence that suspicion can have an effect on behavioral intentions such as hiring decisions. For study 4 we found we found that only liberals showed the aversive racism effect and that for liberals suspicion predicted hiring intention consistent with the aversive racism hypothesis.
Steven Spencer (Advisor)
Richard Petty (Committee Member)
Duane Wegener (Committee Member)
56 p.
Criminology; Social Psychology; Social Work; Sociology
Stereotypes, Prejudice, Suspicion, Political Orientation, Racism

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  • Cunningham, K. (2024). Revisiting the Aversive Racism Hypothesis: The Role of Political Orientation and Suspicion in the Process [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721412183768876

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cunningham, Keathun. Revisiting the Aversive Racism Hypothesis: The Role of Political Orientation and Suspicion in the Process. 2024. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721412183768876.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cunningham, Keathun. "Revisiting the Aversive Racism Hypothesis: The Role of Political Orientation and Suspicion in the Process." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721412183768876

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