Stereotypes and Prejudice Study

Question 1

What is self-determination theory?

Answer 1

We want to choose what we want to do with our life (people are more likely to reduce prejudice when they feel they have chosen to do so)

Question 2

What is self-determined motivation?

Answer 2

Personal/self-endorsed reasons (valuable and enjoyable)

Question 3

What is controlled motivation?

Answer 3

To satisfy external controls or incentives (tiring disingenuous)

Question 4

What is the hypothesis of experiment 1?

Answer 4

That strategies that foster self-determinate or internal motivation, would help regulate and reduce prejudice while, the condition that used controlling strategies would in turn increase prejudice.

Question 5

What were the 2 scales used from experiment 1?

Answer 5

24-item Motivation to not be Prejudiced Scale and Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale (to measure specifically toward African Americans)

Question 6

What were the results of experiment 1?

Answer 6

Autonomy brochure had the greatest decrease in prejudice while, controlling brochure had the least impact and actually increased prejudice

Question 7

What were the results of experiment 2?

Answer 7

Participants primed with self- determined motivation to regulate prejudice exhibited significantly less implicit prejudice than did those in the neutral no-prime condition. In contrast those primed with controlled motivation demonstrated greater symbolic racism than did those in the no-prime condition