Presentation Year

2022

Depreciated Participant

Benjamin Anjewierden Psychology Graduate Student, Sophie Timin Psychology Undergraduate Student, Corinne Harris Psychology Undergraduate Student, Joseph Pang Psychology Graduate Student, Christopher Aberson Psychology Faculty

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

This research project utilizes Intergroup Threat Theory to examine how positive and negative contact with African-Americans relate to feelings toward Black Lives Matter, the Confederate Flag, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump. It also examines how this relationship between contact and feelings is mediated by perceptions of realistic and symbolic threat from African-Americans. This project has implications for understanding how having diverse social experiences may influence our political beliefs. This research also shows that Intergroup Threat Theory goes beyond just examining evaluations of groups, and extends to political figures, movements, and symbols as well.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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1026

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