Motivational influences on compliance with and consequences of instructions to suppress stereotypes

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Wyer, Natalie A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-976X (2007) Motivational influences on compliance with and consequences of instructions to suppress stereotypes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43 (3). pp. 417-424. ISSN 0022-1031

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Abstract

Two experiments investigated differences in compliance with instructions to suppress stereotypes as a function of prejudice-related motivations. In Experiment 1, only participants identified as high in motivation to control prejudice [Dunton, B. C., & Fazio, R. H. (1997). An individual difference measure of motivation to control prejudiced reactions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 316-326] complied with suppression instructions. These participants experienced post-suppression rebound effects, but only if they were also high in prejudice. In Experiment 2, only participants identified as high in external motivation to respond without prejudice [Plant, E. A., & Devine, P. G. (1998). Internal and external motivation to respond without prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 811-832] complied with instructions to suppress. These participants later experienced stereotype rebound effects, but only if they were also low in internal motivation to respond without prejudice. These findings suggest that motivational factors play an important role in determining not only the outcome of suppression, but also the choice to attempt suppression in the first place. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: stereotype suppression,prejudice,motivation
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Social Cognition Research Group
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Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2017 01:42
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 02:27
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63038
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.03.001

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