Perceived prototypicality of Asian subgroups in the United States and the United Kingdom
Perceived prototypicality of Asian subgroups in the United States and the United Kingdom
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104201
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发表时间：
2021-07-22
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
McCue, Jameson
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作者：
Goh, Jin X.;McCue, Jameson
亚洲人被统一归类在一个宽泛的种族标签下，尽管他们的构成不同(例如，来自南亚、东亚、东南亚或西亚的民族血统)。一些亚裔群体被认为比其他亚裔群体更具亚洲特色，文化背景可能会进一步塑造这种看法。鉴于东亚人在美国和南亚人在英国历史上的长期存在，我们的理论是，这两个国家不同亚裔群体被感知的典型性将反映出它们各自的历史显着性。三项研究(N=849)调查了(非亚洲人)美国人和英国人如何看待不同的亚洲亚裔群体，即他们看起来有多典型的亚洲人和多有异国情调。研究1和研究2发现，与英国参与者相比，美国人认为东亚人和东南亚人更具亚洲特色；英国人认为南亚人比美国参与者更具亚洲特色。研究3显示，与南亚人和西亚人相比，美国人认为东亚人和东南亚人不那么陌生，更像是典型的美国人；相比之下，英国人认为南亚人比其他所有亚洲亚群更不像外国人，更像典型的英国人。这项研究证明了在社会历史框架内分解亚裔群体和将原型理论与背景联系起来的重要性。
Asians are monolithically categorized under one broad racial label despite their diverse compositions (e.g., with national origins from South, East, Southeast, or West Asia). Some Asian subgroups are perceived to be more prototypically Asian than others and cultural contexts may further shape such perception. With historically longstanding presence of East Asians in the United States and South Asians in the United Kingdom, we theorized that the perceived prototypicality of different Asian subgroups in the two countries would reflect these respective historical saliencies. Three studies (N = 849) examined how (non-Asian) Americans and Britons perceived different Asian subgroups in terms of how prototypically Asian and how foreign they seem. Studies 1 and 2 found that compared to British participants, Americans perceived East and Southeast Asians as more prototypically Asian; Britons considered South Asians as more prototypically Asian than American participants. Study 3 showed that Americans perceived East and Southeast Asians to be less foreign and more prototypically American than South and West Asians; in contrast, Britons perceived South Asians to be less foreign and more prototypically British than all other Asian subgroups. This research demonstrates the importance of disaggregating Asian subgroups and contextualizing prototype theories within sociohistorical frameworks.