Intergroup anxiety narrows attention and biases perceptions toward expectations

Evidence

In general, intergroup anxiety is associated with a number of negative outcomes that may harm the impact of contact, including informationprocessing biases such as a narrowed focus of attention and simplified, expectancy-confirming cognitive processing, which may lead to avoidance of contact and polarized group judgments (Stephan & Stephan, 1985). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1833

In general, intergroup anxiety is associated with a number of negative outcomes that may harm the impact of contact, including informationprocessing biases such as a narrowed focus of attention and simplified, expectancy-confirming cognitive processing, which may lead to avoidance of contact and polarized group judgments (Stephan & Stephan, 1985). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1833

Categorization

• XREF: Anxiety-induced narrowed attention and expectancy-confirming processing echoes the fight-or-flight and threat-detection findings from the noise/soundscape reading.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1833; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1833