Political Identity Priming and Own-Race Bias in Caucasian and Hispanic/Latino College Students

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dc.contributor.advisorOberle, Crystal
dc.contributor.authorMadrid, Aspen L.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDeason, Rebecca
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDavis, John
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T15:16:35Z
dc.date.available2020-05-14T15:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractOwn-race bias (ORB) occurs when individuals exhibit enhanced recognition memory for faces of one’s own race as opposed to faces belonging to other races. Recent research indicates that promoting the salience of shared non-racial identity can foster in-group bias of face recognition for other-race faces. The purpose of this study is to assess whether ORB can be attenuated for faces belonging to members of one’s political in-group in Hispanic/Latino and White college students. In this study, participants completed a survey containing items assessing their political group identification. Following this, participants were shown a series of Hispanic/Latino and White faces labeled as liberal or conservative. Participants then completed a backward digit span task as a filler task before completing a recognition test containing faces from the earlier task as well as faces that had not been shown before. Contrary to the hypothesis regarding ORB being reduced by the priming of political identity, participants did not exhibit greater recognition memory for other-race faces labeled as endorsing the same political ideology compared to other-race faces labeled as endorsing a different political ideology. Furthermore, recognition accuracy was not significantly greater for faces of one’s own race, a result suggesting that ORB may not exist for Hispanic/Latino and White individuals living in a geographic region with large populations of each. More research is needed to further examine how various forms of non-racial identity may influence ORB.
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent41 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMadrid, A. L. (2020). Political identity priming and own-race bias in caucasian and Hispanic/Latino college students (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9903
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectrace awareness
dc.subjectface perception
dc.subjectown-race bias
dc.titlePolitical Identity Priming and Own-Race Bias in Caucasian and Hispanic/Latino College Students
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychological Research
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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