Adjusting the Thermometer of Race Relations:

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" Adjusting the Thermometer of Race Relations: "
Breines, Juliana Chen, Serena

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	914351
Doc. No	:	TL3sw4v2f9
Main Entry	:	Breines, Juliana
Title & Author	:	Adjusting the Thermometer of Race Relations:\ Breines, JulianaChen, Serena
College	:	UC Berkeley
Date	:	2012
student score	:	2012
Abstract	:	Extending recent research suggesting that interpersonal warmth is metaphorically and experientially rooted in physical warmth, I conducted three experiments to examine the hypothesis that physical warmth can temporarily improve implicit attitudes toward negatively stereotyped outgroup members. In Experiment 1, a group of primarily European-American participants were randomly assigned to wear either a warm or cool compress on their forearm (ostensibly part of a product evaluation), then completed an Implicit Association Test (IAT) designed to assess implicit attitudes toward African-Americans relative to European-Americans. Experiment 2 replicated Experiment 1 using an additional neutral temperature control condition as well as two single-target IATs, permitting the assessment of absolute rather than relative implicit attitudes toward African- and European-Americans. In Experiment 3, a punishment decision measure was used to assess attitudes toward African- and European-Americans. The results of Experiment 1 supported the hypothesis that warmth leads to reduced bias, whereas the results of Experiment 2 did not support hypotheses. Experiment 3 yielded mixed results. Theoretical implications and future directions are discussed.
Added Entry	:	Chen, Serena
Added Entry	:	UC Berkeley