Educating to tolerance: Effects of communicating social psychology research findings
Author(s) / Creator(s)
La Barbera, Francesco
Abstract / Description
The effect of communicating social psychology research findings on ingroup bias in a classroom setting has been investigated. Two hundred and twenty one high school students either read or did not read a brief report about three classical social psychological studies, then completed evaluation scales for the ingroup and the outgroup. Participants’ motivation was manipulated, and the messages were different as regards the congruency between the content and participants’ actual intergroup experience. Results showed that communication exerted a significant effect in reducing ingroup bias for participants in the high motivation/high congruency condition, that is, the communication effect was moderated by the individual’s level of motivation and the content of the arguments proposed in the report. Practical implications of results for education work and stereotype change, limitations of the study, as well as possible directions for future research are discussed.
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education to tolerance ingroup bias motivation intergroup relations communicationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-08-20
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
11
Issue
3
Page numbers
476–483
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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La Barbera, F. (2015). Educating to tolerance: Effects of communicating social psychology research findings. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(3), 476–483. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.888
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Author(s) / Creator(s)La Barbera, Francesco
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Date of first publication2015-08-20
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Abstract / DescriptionThe effect of communicating social psychology research findings on ingroup bias in a classroom setting has been investigated. Two hundred and twenty one high school students either read or did not read a brief report about three classical social psychological studies, then completed evaluation scales for the ingroup and the outgroup. Participants’ motivation was manipulated, and the messages were different as regards the congruency between the content and participants’ actual intergroup experience. Results showed that communication exerted a significant effect in reducing ingroup bias for participants in the high motivation/high congruency condition, that is, the communication effect was moderated by the individual’s level of motivation and the content of the arguments proposed in the report. Practical implications of results for education work and stereotype change, limitations of the study, as well as possible directions for future research are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationLa Barbera, F. (2015). Educating to tolerance: Effects of communicating social psychology research findings. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(3), 476–483. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.888
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/963
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1155
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.888
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Keyword(s)education to toleranceen_US
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Keyword(s)ingroup biasen_US
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Keyword(s)motivationen_US
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Keyword(s)intergroup relationsen_US
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Keyword(s)communicationen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleEducating to tolerance: Effects of communicating social psychology research findingsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers476–483
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Volume11
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