Tag: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

  • This research establishes that the use of hypodescent extends to minority as well as majority perceivers but also shows that the beliefs associated with the use of hypodescent differ as a function of perceiver social status. In doing so, we broaden the social scientific understanding of hypodescent, showing how it can be an inclusionary rather…

  • Biological Conceptions of Race and the Motivation to Cross Racial Boundaries Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Volume 94, Number 6 (June 2008) pages 1033–1047 DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.1033 Melissa J. Williams, Assistant Professor in Organization & Management Goizueta Business School Emory University Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Associate Professor of Psychology Stanford University The present studies demonstrate that…

  • Evidence for hypodescent and racial hierarchy in the categorization and perception of biracial individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Published online: 2010-11-22 DOI: 10.1037/a0021562 Arnold K. Ho Department of Psychology Harvard University Jim Sidanius, Professor of Psychology and African and African American Studies Harvard University Daniel T. Levin, Professor of Psychology and Director of…

  • Not So Black and White: Memory for Ambiguous Group Members Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Published by The American Psychological Association 2009, Vol. 96, No. 4 795–810 0022-3514/09 DOI: 10.1037/a0013265 Kristin Pauker Tufts University Max Weisbuch Tufts University Nalini Ambady, Professor and Neubauer Faculty Fellow Tufts University Samuel R. Sommers Tufts University Reginald B.…