Shifting Standards in Language Communication and Interpretation

摘要刻板印象与偏见研究是社会心理学的一个核心研究领域。原因是显而易见的。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群体内/群体外的分类以及与这些类别相关的陈规定型观念和态度。在过去的15年里，PI在这个领域进行了研究，并强调了这样一个事实，即刻板印象是评估个体群体成员的判断标准。事实上，这项研究的大部分都记录了标准变化对判断和行为的影响。本研究的目的是探讨刻板印象和判断标准的变化在主观语言的交际和翻译中的作用。本提案概述了4项实验性研究，以审查基于刻板印象的评价的交流和翻译。拟议研究的一个统一主题是，刻板印象对社会生活有着广泛的影响，它们渗透在我们的语言中，渗透在我们对他人言行的解读中，渗透在我们对他人的决定中，渗透在我们对自己的看法中。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，项目研究将加强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.