System-perpetuating asymmetries between explicit and implicit intergroup attitudes among indigenous and non-indigenous Chileans

Andrés Haye, Roberto González, Gabriela Ordóñez, Gerd Bohner, Frank Siebler, David Sirlopú, Andrés Millar, Pablo de Tezanos-Pinto, David Torres

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Abstract

The present research demonstrates a dissociation between explicit and implicit intergroup evaluation in the reciprocal attitudes between indigenous (Mapuche) and non-indigenous Chileans. In both social groups, the explicit measures of attitudes towards the respective in-group and out-group were compared with the Implicit Association Test scores. The results indicate that the members of the low-status minority might explicitly express a moderate evaluative preference for their in-group but might implicitly devalue it. Conversely, the members of the high-status majority might implicitly devalue their out-group but might explicitly express no bias. These results are theoretically framed in terms of system justification, conventional stereotypes and motivated correction processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-172
Number of pages10
JournalAsian Journal of Social Psychology
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Explicit and implicit measures
  • Implicit Association Test
  • Intergroup attitudes
  • Mapuche school students
  • Outgroup favouritism
  • Stereotype activation

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