When are anti‐fat attitudes understood as prejudice versus truth? An experimental study of social influence effects

Autor: G. C. Lee, M. J. Platow, M. Augoustinos, D. Van Rooy, R. Spears, D. Bar‐Tal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Obesity Science & Practice, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 28-35 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-2238
DOI: 10.1002/osp4.315
Popis: Summary Background/Objectives If people who hold anti‐fat attitudes believe these attitudes to be true, then anti‐prejudice appeals are likely to be unsuccessful, if only because the targets will not see their attitudes as in need of change. The current study examined processes that may lead people to see their anti‐fat attitudes as ‘truth’ or as ‘prejudice’. Subjects/Methods Participants (N = 482) read anti‐fat statements and were then presented with an interpretation of these statements as ‘truth’ or ‘prejudice’. The source of this interpretation was either an (i) in‐group or out‐group member and (ii) expert or non‐expert. Participants' judgements of the statements were expected to vary such that in‐group others and experts would exert more influence than would out‐group others and non‐experts. Results Participants aligned their own interpretations of an anti‐fat statement with those of an expert, but not with those of a non‐expert, F(1,466) = 8.97, p
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