Miriam Sebold, Hao Chen, Aleyna Önal, Sören Kuitunen-Paul, Negin Mojtahedzadeh, Maria Garbusow, Stephan Nebe, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Quentin J. M. Huys, Florian Schlagenhauf, Michael A. Rapp, Michael N. Smolka, Andreas Heinz
- Background:
Prejudices against minorities can be understood as habitually negative evaluations that are kept in spite of evidence to the contrary. Therefore, individuals with strong prejudices might be dominated by habitual or "automatic" reactions at the expense of more controlled reactions. Computational theories suggest individual differences in the balance between habitual/model-free and deliberative/model-based decision-making.
Methods:
127 subjects performed the two Step task and completed the blatant and subtle prejudice scale.
Results:
By using analyses of choices and reaction times in combination with computational modeling, subjects with stronger blatant prejudices showed a shift away from model-based control. There was no association between these decision-making processes and subtle prejudices.
Conclusion:
These results support the idea that blatant prejudices toward minorities are related to a relative dominance of habitual decision-making. This finding has important implications for developingBackground:
Prejudices against minorities can be understood as habitually negative evaluations that are kept in spite of evidence to the contrary. Therefore, individuals with strong prejudices might be dominated by habitual or "automatic" reactions at the expense of more controlled reactions. Computational theories suggest individual differences in the balance between habitual/model-free and deliberative/model-based decision-making.
Methods:
127 subjects performed the two Step task and completed the blatant and subtle prejudice scale.
Results:
By using analyses of choices and reaction times in combination with computational modeling, subjects with stronger blatant prejudices showed a shift away from model-based control. There was no association between these decision-making processes and subtle prejudices.
Conclusion:
These results support the idea that blatant prejudices toward minorities are related to a relative dominance of habitual decision-making. This finding has important implications for developing interventions that target to change prejudices across societies.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Miriam SeboldORCiDGND, Hao ChenORCiD, Aleyna Önal, Sören Kuitunen-Paul, Negin Mojtahedzadeh, Maria Garbusow, Stephan NebeORCiD, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Quentin J. M. Huys, Florian SchlagenhaufORCiD, Michael A. RappORCiDGND, Michael N. Smolka, Andreas HeinzORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767022 |
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ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35069341 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
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Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
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Place of publishing: | Lausanne |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2022/01/05 |
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Publication year: | 2022 |
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Release date: | 2024/07/02 |
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Tag: | computational modeling; decision-making; immigrant; reinforcement learning; social behavior;; subtle and blatant prejudice |
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Volume: | 12 |
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Article number: | 767022 |
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Number of pages: | 10 |
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Funding institution: | German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) [HE; 2597/13-1, HE 2597/15-1, SM 80/7-1, HE 2597/13-2, SM 80/7-2, RA; 1047/2-2, WI 709/10-1, 402170461 TRR 265]; Federal Ministry of Health; (Bundesministerium fuer Gesundheit, BMG) [ZMVI1-2516DSM223]; University; of Zurich Grants Office [FK-19-020]; Saechsische Aufbaubank Foerderbank; [100362999] |
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Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften |
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DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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