人種差別に対する感情的,行動的反応を誤って予測する.
Kerry Kawakami1, Elizabeth Dunn, Francine Karmali
1Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. kawakami@yorku.ca
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 10, 2009
まとめ
人種差別を目の当たりにしたときの反応は,しばしば誤解されます. 強い感情的反応と,加害者に対する社会的拒絶を予期して,個人は実際には無関心を示し,人種差別が持続することを許します.
科学分野:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学とは
- 人種関係研究 人種関係研究
背景:
- 現代の人種関係はパラドックスである:あからさまな偏見は非難されるが,あからさまな人種差別は残る.
- この矛盾は,人種差別を目の当たりにすることに対する個人の感情的および行動的反応の誤解から生じる可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 人種差別的事件を目撃した際の予測された感情的および行動的反応と実際の感情的および行動的反応の間の不一致を調査する.
- 人種差別を犯す者に対する社会的結果を,個人が正確に予測できるかどうかを調べる.
主な方法:
- 参加者の予測された感情的苦痛と,人種差別的な加害者に対する社会的拒絶が評価されました.
- 参加者の実際の感情的苦痛と社会的拒絶感は,人種差別的な出来事を経験した後で測定されました.
主要な成果:
- 個人は,大きな感情的不安を予測したが,人種差別を目撃した際は,比較的わずかな苦痛を経験した.
- 参加者は,人種差別的なコメントが,加害者の社会的拒絶につながる程度を過大評価した.
- 人種差別的事件に対する予想された対応と実際の対応の間にギャップが存在します.
結論:
- 人種差別は,個人が予想する感情的反応と行動が,その実際の反応と一致しないため,持続する可能性があります.
- 強い反応を予想しているにもかかわらず,無関心に反応する傾向は,人種差別の継続に貢献しています.
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