Stereotypes and prejudice in the blood: Sucrose drinks reduce prejudice and stereotyping
Stereotypes and prejudice in the blood: Sucrose drinks reduce prejudice and stereotyping
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2008.09.003
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Baumeister, Roy F.
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作者：
Gailliot, Matthew T.;Peruche, B. Michelle;Baumeister, Roy F.
偏见和刻板印象会导致社会问题和群体间的紧张关系。目前的研究考察了通过给予参与者葡萄糖来增强自控力是否会减少印象形成任务中的刻板印象使用。以前的研究已经证明，自我控制依赖于生物代价高昂的大脑过程，这些过程消耗来自血液中葡萄糖的能量。在目前的研究中，葡萄糖是通过加糖或斯普伦达加糖的柠檬水来操纵的。与对照组相比，血糖状况下的参与者在写一篇关于男同性恋者生活中的一天的文章时，使用的刻板印象更少。此外，与对照条件下的高偏见参与者相比，葡萄糖条件下的高偏见参与者在他们的文章中使用的贬损语句更少。研究结果从自我控制资源在有效调节偏见和刻板印象方面的重要性的角度进行了讨论。(C)2008 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Prejudice and stereotyping cause social problems and intergroup tension. The current work examined whether bolstering self-control by giving participants glucose would reduce stereotype use for an impression formation task. Previous work has demonstrated that self-control depends on biologically expensive brain processes that consume energy derived from glucose in the bloodstream. In the current study, glucose was manipulated via lemonade sweetened with either sugar or Splenda. Compared to the control group, the participants in the glucose condition used fewer stereotypes when writing an essay about a day in the life of a gay man. in addition, high-prejudice participants in the glucose condition used fewer derogatory statements in their essays than high-prejudice participants in the control condition. The findings are discussed in terms of the importance of self-control resources in the effective regulation of prejudice and stereotyping. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.