Reported low prejudice among the religious reflects self-presentation, not true tolerance

Evidence

However, doubt has been cast on the meaning of these findings because of the reactive nature of the self-report questionnaire measures of prejudice used in these studies. (For critiques of self-report measures of prejudice see Crosby, Bromley, & Saxe, 1980; Gaertner & Dovidio, 1986; Karlins, Coffman, & Walters, 1969; Sigall & Page, 1971; Silverman, 1974.) In subsequent research using less reactive measures (e.g., unobtrusive behavioral responses rather than self-reports), the association between intrinsic religion and relatively low prejudice has disappeared. This subsequent research has suggested that the association found with self-report measures of prejudice may have been produced by a desire on the part of the intrinsically religious to appear unprejudiced either to themselves or to other people – or both. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2540

Categorization

• XREF: Follows the classic methodological lesson — self-report prejudice findings (like early contact-theory survey evidence) may be artifacts of socially desirable responding. This generalizes beyond religion to any self-report prejudice measure in the vault’s claims.
• QUESTION: Which unobtrusive/behavioral measures were used, and did they replicate for other groups (e.g., the intrinsically religious showing low prejudice toward blacks vs. gay men vs. atheists)?