Prejudice research still lacks validated measures of emotion and of ingroup-pressure discrimination

Evidence

Prejudice is a multifaceted construct that includes not only cognitive but emotional and behavioral processes that are becoming more prominent in research (see Smith & Mackie, ch. 22 this volume). The role of affect has been acknowledged, but rarely studied. Presumably many different emotions come into play when experiencing prejudice, yet we have no widely accepted measures for these. Emotions are more salient and may predict behavior better than cognitions. Measures of behavior also need to become more diversified. Currently, psychologists use self-reports or observations of cross-race friendship, exclusion, conflict, and helping. If prejudice and discrimination arise partly from ingroup pressures, then discrimination could be measured through support for or conflict with ingroup peers who express prejudice through racist jokes and epithets (see Mullen & Leader, this volume). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2030

Categorization

• QUESTION: The suggestion that discrimination could be measured through support for ingroup peers telling racist jokes is a fresh measurement angle — worth tracking whether anyone operationalized it.