Parental diversity ideologies are linked to their own interethnic prejudice, but how do they relate children's prejudice? This study examined self-reported endorsement of colorblind ideology and multiculturalism among mothers (138 White Dutch, 65 Turkish-Dutch, 45 Afro-Dutch) 6-to 10-year old children (55% girls), its association with child prejudice. Endorsement was lowest Dutch mothers, Afro-...

We claim that religious orthodoxy is related to prejudice toward groups that violate important values, i.e., atheists. Moreover, we suggest that expressing prejudice may efficiently reduce the threat posed by this particular group among people who hold high levels, but not low levels, of orthodox belief. We tested these assumptions in an experimental study in which, after being exposed to athei...

This research examines whether spontaneous, unintentional discriminatory behavior can be moderated by an implicit (nonconscious) motivation to control prejudice. We operationalize implicit motivation to control prejudice (IMCP) in terms of an implicit negative attitude toward prejudice (NAP) and an implicit belief that oneself is prejudiced (BOP). In the present experiment, an implicit stereoty...

The strife of discrimination, prejudice and racism is barbed and brutal, converged with the theory that due to certain differences in traits (physical, intellectual, cultural or religious) some people are superior to others. Therein begins the power struggle for economical, political dominance and social advantage. Violence is very often the voice of this contorted struggle, surging forth and a...

This is the first issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology in many years to be devoted to a special topic. It emerged after much discussion among the editors about the value of dedicating resources to a single topic and the value of the topic itself. We hope that readers will agree that the papers comprising this issue on unconscious1 forms of stereotyping and prejudice make such ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in stress coping strategies (adaptive and maladaptive) among Portuguese-speaking immigrant women across shortterm and long-term residency status. This study also examined the role of resilient characteristics (self-esteem, hope, optimism, spirituality, and religiousness), perceived stresses (cultural adaptation, relational, financial) and p...

Moral emotions are critically important in guiding appropriate social conduct. Empirical investigation of these emotions remains a challenge, however, because of the difficulty in eliciting them reliably in controlled settings. Here we describe a novel prejudice paradigm that aimed to elicit both negatively and positively valenced moral emotions in real-time. Low-prejudice females (N = 46) who ...