White Americans' genetic lay theories of race differences and sexual orientation: Their relationship with prejudice toward blacks, and gay men and lesbians
White Americans' genetic lay theories of race differences and sexual orientation: Their relationship with prejudice toward blacks, and gay men and lesbians
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DOI：
10.1177/1368430206059863
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Petty, EM
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作者：
Jayaratne, TE;Ybarra, O;Petty, EM
这项研究考察了美国白人的基因解释（概念化为基因外行理论）之间的关系，这些解释分别针对感知到的种族差异和性取向以及对黑人、男同性恋和女同性恋的态度。考虑到围绕种族和性取向的公共话语的对比，我们预测遗传理论将与对黑人更大的偏见相关，但对男女同性恋的偏见更少。研究结果基于 600 名美国白人的代表性样本，结果与预期一致。结合本质主义和特质可塑性的隐含理论的文献对结果进行了讨论。本研究通过展示非专业理论如何根据目标群体支持偏见或宽容，拓宽了我们对非专业理论的看法。
This study examined the relationship between White Americans' genetic explanations, conceptualized as genetic lay theories, for perceived racial differences and for sexual orientation, and attitudes toward Blacks, and gay men and lesbians, respectively. Considering contrasting public discourse surrounding race and sexual orientation, we predicted that genetic lay theories would be associated with greater prejudice toward Blacks, but less prejudice toward gay men and lesbians. The findings, based on a representative sample of 600 White Americans, were consistent with expectations. Results are discussed in relation to the literature on essentialism and implicit theories of the malleability of traits. The present research broadens our view of lay theories by showing how they support either prejudice or tolerance, depending on the target group.