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一个中心研究领域。原因是显而易见的。社会问题，从住房或工作场所的歧视到种族灭绝，都是基于内部群体/外部群体的分类以及与这些类别相关的陈规定型观念和态度。过去15年来，国际和平协会在这一领域进行了研究，并强调，陈规定型观念是评价个别群体成员的判断标准。事实上，这项研究的大部分都记录了标准变化对判断和行为的影响。这项研究的目的是考察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项试验性研究，以审查陈规定型评价的沟通和翻译。这项拟议研究的一个统一主题是，刻板印象对社会生活产生了广泛的影响，因为它们渗透到我们的语言中，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。这项研究显然有可能扩展到政治和卫生传播等不同领域。此外，项目研究将加强对研究生和本科生的培训，他们将担任研究助理。

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.