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| Title |
The Whitewashing Effect
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1177/0146167215616801 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephen T. La Macchia, Winnifred R. Louis, Matthew J. Hornsey, Michael Thai, Fiona Kate Barlow |
| Abstract |
The present research examines whether people use racial contact to signal positive and negative social attributes. In two experiments, participants were instructed to fake good (trustworthy/competent) or fake bad (untrustworthy/incompetent) when reporting their amount of contact with a range of different racial groups. In Experiment 1 (N = 364), participants faking good reported significantly more contact with White Americans than with non-White Americans, whereas participants faking bad did not. In Experiment 2 (N = 1,056), this pattern was replicated and was found to be particularly pronounced among those with stronger pro-White bias. These findings suggest that individuals may use racial contact as a social signal, effectively "whitewashing" their apparent contact and friendships when trying to present positively. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 20% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 13% |
| Researcher | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 14 | 47% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
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