{"id":1817,"date":"2009-10-11T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2013-02-13T04:22:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T04:22:36","slug":"the-social-construction-of-race-biracial-identity-and-vulnerability-to-stereotypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=1817","title":{"rendered":"The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/?&amp;fa=main.doiLanding&amp;doi=10.1037\/1099-9809.13.2.125\" target=\"_blank\">The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pubs\/journals\/cdp\" target=\"_blank\">Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/journals\/cdp\/13\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 13, Number 2<\/a> (April 2007)<br \/>\npages 125\u2013133<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/1099-9809.13.2.125\" target=\"_blank\">10.1037\/1099-9809.13.2.125<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsa.umich.edu\/psych\/research&amp;labs\/mjshih\/\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Shih<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Organizational Psychology<br \/>\n<em>University of Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/lowerylab\/courtneybonam.html\" target=\"_blank\">Courtney M. Bonam<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Stanford University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychology.rutgers.edu\/people\/sanchez.html\" target=\"_blank\">Diana T. Sanchez<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Psychology<br \/>\n<em>Rutgers University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Courtney Peck<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Harvard University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Multiracial individuals are more likely to have a heightened awareness of race as a social construct than monoracial individuals. \u00a0This article examines the impact that a heightened awareness of race as a social construct has on the relationship between racial stereotypes and performance. Study 1 finds that multiracial individuals reported subscribing less to the notion that race biologically determines ability.\u00a0 Study 2 finds that monoracial individuals show stereotype activation, whereas multiracial individuals show stereotype inhibition in reaction to race salience. Study 3 draws on the work on stereotypes and performance to test the susceptibility of multiracial individuals to racial stereotypes about ability.\u00a0 The authors find that Asian\/White and Black\/White multiracial individuals were less susceptible to racial stereotypes than monoracial individuals. Whereas monoracial participants showed significant performance changes in reaction to race salience, multiracial individuals did not. Study 4 finds that emphasizing the social construction of race buffers individuals from stereotype threat effects.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanchezlab.com\/pdfs\/ShihetalCDEMP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 13, Number 2 (April 2007) pages 125\u2013133 DOI: 10.1037\/1099-9809.13.2.125 Margaret Shih, Assistant Professor, Organizational Psychology University of Michigan Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Courtney Peck Harvard University Multiracial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,125,8,394],"tags":[285,271,287,284,286,274,272],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","category-socialscience","tag-courtney-bonam","tag-courtney-m-bonam","tag-courtney-peck","tag-cultural-diversity-and-ethnic-minority-psychology","tag-diana-sanchez","tag-diana-t-sanchez","tag-margaret-shih"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}