Removing anticipatory status threat eliminates the conservative reaction to demographic shift.
Evidence
These experiments provide striking evidence that perceived group-status threat, triggered by exposure to the majority-minority shift, increases Whites’ endorsement of conservative political ideology and policy positions. In both experiments, the addition of a simple paragraph stating that Whites are likely to remain at the top of the future racial hierarchy in a majority-minority America eliminated the conservative shift otherwise observed after exposure to the racial-shift information. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 86
Categorization
- QUESTION: The ‘assuaged-threat’ manipulation is the key isolating device for my threatened-privilege mechanism question — worth noting how cleanly status reassurances cancel the effect.
- XREF: connects to: Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8; Status-threat alleviation should cancel the shift-conservatism effect, isolating threat as the mediator. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 46; Reassuring whites that status will persist can blunt the threat of demographic shift. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 49 (+7 more)
Related
- Reassuring whites that status will persist can blunt the threat of demographic shift. (similarity 0.91)
- Group-status threat is the proposed causal mediator of shift-induced conservatism. (similarity 0.91)
- Perceived demographic shift causal threat to White status shifts policy conservatism (similarity 0.90)
- Perceived threat to in-group status evokes greater political conservatism. (similarity 0.90)
- Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. (similarity 0.90)
- Status-threat alleviation should cancel the shift-conservatism effect, isolating threat as the mediator. (similarity 0.90)
- Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism (similarity 0.90)
- Demographic threat generalizes conservative shift to race-neutral policy (similarity 0.89)
- Anticipatory status threat directly shifts reported political identity toward conservatism. (similarity 0.89)
- Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities (similarity 0.88)
- Reminding White Americans of shifting racial demographics raises their group status threat. (similarity 0.88)
- Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. (similarity 0.86)
- Liberal and conservative participants responded similarly to demographic threat (similarity 0.86)
- Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson — On the Precipice of a Majority-Minority America Perceived Status Threat From the Racial Demographic Shift Affects White Americans’ Political Ideology (similarity 0.85)
- Merely priming demographic-shift projections shifts unaffiliated voters toward conservative parties. (similarity 0.84)
Broader Connections
- Group-status threat is the proposed causal mediator of shift-induced conservatism.
#corroborates(0.95) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 22 - Perceived demographic shift causal threat to White status shifts policy conservatism
#qualifies(0.90) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 40 - Anticipatory status threat directly shifts reported political identity toward conservatism.
#qualifies(0.90) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 69 - Demographic threat generalizes conservative shift to race-neutral policy
#expands(0.72) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 90 - Involuntary loss of majority status triggers outsized negative reactions
#complicates(0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1428