The Other-Race Effect Flashcards
THE OTHER RACE EFFECT (ORE)
MALPASS & KRAVITZ (1969)
- used face recognition task; reported 1st empirical demonstration w/observers performing statsig better at recognising own race > other race faces
- aka. ORE; best-replicated phenomena in literature; established by several meta-analyses; 50+ research years; replicated in several studies w/dif racial groups
- classically reflected by crossover interaction between pps race/faces in discrimination accuracy
SCHECK ET AL. (2003)
- real-world impact; focussed on eyewitness testimony failures w/severe consequences for false convictions/prison sentences for innocents incorrectly identified by eyewitness of other race
- US Innocence Project/Ronald Cotton case
BATE ET AL. (2019)
- investigation of ORE effects in security settings ie. failures of face matching by police/passport control
MCKONE ET AL. (2021)
- ORE impacts social interactions; revealed difficulties for person who failed to be recognised by other-race (“victim”) & person who didn’t recognise them (“perpetrator”)
MICHEL ET AL. (2006): METHOD (A)
- young student Caucasian/white faces unfamiliar to pps (Belgian/Chinese); neutral expressions
- study phase = pps memorised 20 faces from each race (3s on screen; 1s interval)
- recognition phase = forced-choice recognition on 40 individually given faces (20 target; 20 distractors)
MICHEL ET AL. (2006): RESULTS (A)
- STATSIG interaction! (p < .001)
- Caucasian pps recognised more Caucasian faces > Asian; vice versa for Asian pps
MAIN DEBATES
SOCIAL MOTIVATION VS PERCEPTUAL EXPERTISE
SOCIAL MOTIVATION
BERGER (1969); GALPER (1973)
- observers (particularly w/^ prejudiced racial attitudes) wouldn’t be motivated to differentiate other-race members -> weaker memory for faces
SOCIAL MOTIVATION: LEVIN (2000)
- ORE = tendency measure; individuals must think categorically about outgroup racial members -> processing facial features differently > own race
SOCIAL MOTIVATION: YOUNG ET AL. (2012)
- different facial features used w/own/other race faces; guided by social categorisation based on group membership (aka. race); same analysis applies to sex/age/etc.
PERCEPTUAL EXPERTISE
RHODES ET AL. (1989)
- lack of contact/visual experience w/other-race faces -> difficulty processing other-race faces configurally
- aka. other-race faces treated w/featural processing
PERCEPTUAL EXPERTISE: WAN ET AL. (2015)
- evidence provided that ORE size varies w/interracial experience amount pps have in the everyday
PERCEPTUAL EXPERTISE: MCKONE ET AL. (2019)
- recent study proposed specific developmental window (approx. 12y/o) where other-race face acquisition = facilitated -> reducing ORE effects
NEUROCOGNITIVE BASIS
GOLBY ET AL. (2001)
- FFA (fMRI)
VIZIOLI ET AL. (2010)
- N170 (EEG/ERPs)
CIVILE & MCLAREN (2022)
- tDCS (to modulate ORE)
GOLBY ET AL. (2001): METHOD
- pps = 10 African Americans (AA)/10 European Americans (EA); 18-30 y/o
- stimuli = 42 AA/42 EA male neutral face photos; 42 antique radio photos & fixation cross
- task design = blocked; pps viewed stimuli under 6 conditions w/4 counterbalanced blocks (block = 6 AA or EA or radios or fixation crosses); 3500ms; told to remember stimuli for memory test