Shifting Standards in Language Communication and Interpretation

摘要 刻板印象和偏见的研究是社会心理学的核心研究领域。原因显而易见。 从住房或工作场所的歧视到种族灭绝等社会问题都是基于内群体/外群体分类以及与这些类别相关的陈规定型观念和态度。 PI 在过去 15 年里一直在这一领域进行研究，并强调了这样一个事实：刻板印象是评估个体群体成员的判断标准。事实上，这项研究的大部分内容都记录了标准对判断和行为的影响。这里提出的研究的目的是检验刻板印象和不断变化的判断标准在主观语言的交流和翻译中的作用。 本提案概述了 4 项实验研究，以检验基于刻板印象的评估的沟通和翻译。 这项研究的一个统一主题是，刻板印象对社会生活产生广泛的影响，因为它们渗透到我们的语言、我们对他人所说和所做的解释、我们对他人的决定以及我们对自己的想法中。 这项研究显然有可能扩展到政治和健康传播等不同领域。 此外，该项目研究还将加强对担任研究助理的研究生和本科生的培训。

AbstractThe study of stereotyping and prejudice is a central research domain in social psychology. The reasons are apparent. Social problems ranging from discrimination in housing or the workplace to genocide are based on ingroup/outgroup categorizations and the stereotypes and attitudes associated with those categories. The PI has conducted research in this area for the past 15 years and has emphasized the fact that stereotypes serve as judgment standards against which individual group members are evaluated. Indeed, the bulk of this research has documented shifting standards effects in judgment and behavior. The goal of the research proposed here is to examine the role of stereotypes and shifting judgment standards in the communication and translation of subjective language. The present proposal outlines 4 experimental studies to examine the communication and translation of stereotype-based evaluations. A unifying theme of the proposed research is that stereotypes exert a wide-ranging influence on social life in that they pervade our language, our interpretations of what others say and do, our decisions about others, and our thoughts about ourselves. This research has clear possibilities for extension into domains as diverse as political and health communication. In addition, the project research will enhance the training of graduate and undergraduate students who will work as research assistants.