Slur simplicity predicts outgroup exclusion more strongly than slur negativity.

Evidence

The evidence to date indicates that ethnophaulism complexity tends to be a stronger predictor of the negative consequences of ethnophaulisms than ethnophaulism valence. In both Mullen and Rice (2003) and Mullen (2004), across 150 years of archival data, ethnophaulism complexity was a better predictor of the exclusion of ethnic immigrant outgroups than ethnophaulism valence. This pattern of results was recently replicated in the controlled experimental examination of the use of ethnophaulisms. Mullen, Leader, and Rice (2004) had participants use ethnophaulisms for an ethnic immigrant outgroup. Increasing the negativity of the ethnophaulisms had no apparent effect, but decreasing the complexity of the ethnophaulisms led to greater subsequent exclusion of the group. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1286 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Slur complexity, not negativity, predicts group exclusion — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1286; Label simplicity predicts exclusion more than label hostility does; Ethnic slur vocabularies vary in negativity, indexing derogation level of outgroups — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1282 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Slur complexity, not negativity, predicts group exclusion #corroborates (0.98) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1286