Implicit and Explicit Measures of Racism as a Function of Political Orientation

Authors

Jerry G. Cullum, University of Northern IowaFollow
Helen C. Harton, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Research Paper

Abstract

America has come a long way in the eradication of overt prejudice; however, more subtle forms of prejudice remain as roadblocks in our path toward liberty and justice for all. Using Dovidio and Gaertner's (1998) integrated model of racism, we proposed that the nature of these subtle prejudices would vary as a function of political orientation. Caucasian college students completed implicit and explicit measure of racism. As predicted, political orientation did not relate to implicit expression of prejudice, but conservatives showed more explicit prejudice than did liberals.

Publication Date

2002

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

6

Issue

1

First Page

51

Last Page

56

Copyright

©2002 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Recommended Citation

Cullum, Jerry G. and Harton, Helen C. (2002) "Implicit and Explicit Measures of Racism as a Function of Political Orientation," Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol6/iss1/10