人际认知中刻板印象激活和应用的影响因素剖析

刻板印象的激活和应用是自动化的这一观点在心理学中占据了将近40年,直到近几年的一些研究才对此提出了挑战,表明刻板印象是可控的,会受到知觉者的目的和意图等因素的影响。本文从知觉者的目的、自我增强的目的和避免偏见的动机三个角度详细分析了其对刻板印象激活和应用的影响。     

基于面孔知觉的刻板印象激活两阶段模型

从个体建构研究视角出发, 考察了基于面孔知觉的刻板印象激活过程。实验一比较了性别分类判断、启动范式以及同时呈现范式下刻板印象匹配性判断三者所用反应时的差异, 结果发现, 后者显著地大于前二者, 且等于前二者之和; 面孔倒置呈现使同时呈现范式下刻板印象匹配判断的反应时和错误率显著增大, 但其对启动范式中刻板印象匹配判断的反应时和错误率没有影响。实验二基于同时呈现范式, 通过不同程度的面孔变形来操纵性别类别提取的难度, 更精确地探讨了基于面孔知觉的社会类别信息提取过程对刻板印象激活的影响, 结果表明, 随着从面孔中提取类别信息难度的增加, 刻板印象激活所用的反应时也逐渐增大。研究结果证实了研究者所提出的刻板印象激活两阶段模型, 即基于面孔知觉的社会类别提取阶段和刻板印象信息激活阶段, 证实社会类别激活和刻板印象信息激活是两个分离的过程, 以社会类别信息提取为目的的面孔知觉对刻板印象的激活有显著影响。     

无偏见动机对刻板印象和偏见激活的抑制作用:基于四分模型的分析

利用四分模型分解内隐联想测验的认知加工过程,考察无偏见动机对刻板印象和偏见自动激活的抑制作用。结果表明:(1)高低无偏见动机被试均了解社会文化对男同性恋的刻板印象;(2)高无偏见动机者没有产生"男同性恋-女性化"的刻板印象激活和"男同性恋-坏的"偏见激活,低无偏见动机者则有二者的激活。因此无偏见动机能够有效抑制刻板印象和偏见的自动激活,基于研究发现提出了刻板印象和偏见的发展模型。     

女性人格特征的服装服饰刻板印象研究

采用服装服饰偏好语义区分量表对与女性人格特征相关联的服装服饰刻板印象进行了研究。实验由１０７名男女大学生，针对给定的刺激人物的四种不同人格特征，在服装服饰量表上作出印象判断。结果证实，存在与不同人格特点相关联的服装服饰刻板印象，并揭示出在四种人格特征的服装服饰刻板印象中，所存在的具体的服饰符号特征。实验还发现，服装服饰刻板印象中存在着性别差异。作为知觉者的女性对女性刺激人物的印象较作为知觉者的男性表现出极端化的特点。     

沟通与刻板印象的维持、变化和抑制

沟通提供了维持人类社会行为所必要的信息, 是人类交换信息, 建立并维持相互联系的工具。刻板印象是一种涉及知觉者对某个群体的知识、观念与期望的认知结构。近年来, 研究者们从多个方面探讨了沟通与刻板印象的维持、变化和抑制的关系, 发现群体内沟通, 通过策略性的信息选择和语言偏差, 能够维持刻板印象, 并可能使刻板印象极端化; 而群际沟通, 特别是代理式的群际沟通, 则成为抑制刻板印象的一种可能方法。     

知觉冲突印象形成的认知控制策略：以刻板化信息与反刻板化信息为例

以刻板化信息与反刻板化信息为例,采用词义Stroop范式和掩蔽版的目标-启动范式分别将实验任务分成高、低知觉负载或阈上、阈下启动两种水平,考察冲突信息知觉负载水平及其强度对他人印象形成的认知控制策略的影响。结果发现:(1)冲突信息启动方式与知觉负载的动态变化决定了个体对刻板化信息与反刻板化信息印象形成的认知控制策略。反应性控制耗费的认知资源少,对刻板一致化信息的印象加工更快捷,而对刻板冲突化信息的印象加工更缓慢,且易激活反刻板印象;而主动性控制耗费的认知资源多,对刻板一致化信息的印象加工更缓慢,而对刻板冲突化信息的印象加工更快捷,且易出现刻板印象偏差。(2)认知控制对刻板化信息与反刻板化信息采取不同的加工模式。刻板化信息与反刻板化信息同时在阈上启动时,其加工方式受到有意操作系统的主动性控制,即进行可意识到的、受意识控制的加工;而当这两类信息同时在阈下启动时,其加工方式受到自动监控系统的反应性控制,即进行无意识的、不受意识控制的加工。这些结果表明,个体通过所知觉到的刻板化信息与反刻板化信息,能灵活地在两种认知控制系统(有意操作系统vs.自动监控系统)中进行权衡,调节其权重(即,要么启动主动性控制,要么偏向反应性控制),从而形成最有利于他人的印象加工策略。即便处于知觉阈限之下,个体仍能通过无意识认知控制的方式对他人印象进行加工。     

刻板印象干预策略研究述评

刻板印象是人际交往间产生偏见的主要原因, 研究者一直致力于如何从根源上减少甚至消除刻板印象。关于刻板印象的可控性,传统观点认为“自动过程是固定的和不可避免”, 而修正观点则认为“自动过程是有条件的”。迄今为止, 相关实证研究已揭示出一些消除刻板印象的有效干预策略, 归结起来, 主要有训练策略、意识性抑制策略、熟悉性策略和树立无偏见信念策略。现有的干预研究从实证角度支持了刻板印象的可控性理论。未来的研究还需要进一步从策略的推广性、有效性和作用机制等方面加以完善。     

元刻板印象及其对群际关系的作用

元刻板印象是指个体关于外群体成员对其所属群体(内群体)所持刻板印象的信念。作为一种群际元知觉, 元刻板印象的内容和效价可以在一定程度上反映群际关系。近些年, 越来越多的研究表明元刻板印象是影响群际关系的更加重要的变量。相对于刻板印象, 元刻板印象的激活更加复杂, 激活的元刻板印象会引发一系列的情绪、认知和行为效应。未来研究应关注元刻板印象作用于群际关系的心理机制, 并进一步探讨通过元刻板印象改善群际关系的策略, 开展针对于我国不同群体的本土化研究。     

区域刻板印象的激活实验研究

该研究以甘肃人和内蒙古人为研究对象,采用不同加工任务来启动被试的刻板印象,探讨了甘肃人和内蒙古人的区域刻板印象以及区域刻板印象的启动方式,并与相关研究进行了比较。结果发现:区域刻板印象是普遍存在的,区域刻板印象的启动激活是自动的,不同加工方式对刻板印象的激活程度是不同的。     

社会信息归类过程中刻板印象的内隐效应

采用信号检测论和间接测量方法探讨社会信息归类过程中的刻板印象内隐效应。实验结果表明 :⑴范畴启动可以自动激活有关的刻板印象内容 ,说明在很大程度上刻板印象是归类过程的一种必然结果与产物 ;⑵那些在内容上与范畴启动所导致自动的刻板印象激活及其相关内容一致、不一致或相反的建构分别易于出现同化与对比效应 ;⑶在个体水平上 ,通过意识性抑制在短期内很难压制刻板印象的自动激活 ,这表明刻板印象加工在很大程度上涉及到内隐过程     

Don’t stereotype, think different! Overcoming automatic stereotype activation by mindset priming

Automatic stereotype activation can be overcome intentionally and after an extensive training. However, intentions have to be tailored to a certain social category. It is hypothesized that activating the mindset “think different” by priming creativity prevents stereotypes and associations in general from becoming automatically activated. In two experiments a creative, a thoughtful or no mindset was activated. Afterwards, the activation of associations was measured using a lexical decision task with semantic priming. As predicted, the automatic activation of stereotypes (Study 1) and other associations (Study 2) was found in the control conditions but not in a creative mindset. These results suggest that people possess a mindset that allows for overcoming automatic stereotype activation without being tailored to a specific category.     

A META-ANALYSIS ON THE MALLEABILITY OF AUTOMATIC GENDER STEREOTYPES

This meta-analytic review examined the efficacy of interventions aimed at reducing automatic gender stereotypes. Such interventions included attentional distraction, salience of within-category heterogeneity, and stereotype suppression. A small but significant main effect ( g  = .32) suggests that these interventions are successful but that their scope is limited. The intervention main effect was moderated by publication status, sample nationality, and intervention type. The meta-analytic findings suggest several issues worthy of further investigation, such as whether (a) other categories of intervention not yet identified or tested could be more effective, (b) suppression necessarily produces ironic effects in automatic stereotyping, (c) various indirect measures are differentially sensitive to stereotype change, and (d) automatic stereotypes about men differ in their malleability from those about women.     

"Unlearning" automatic biases: the malleability of implicit prejudice and stereotypes.

The present research suggests that automatic and controlled intergroup biases can be modified through diversity education. In 2 experiments, students enrolled in a prejudice and conflict seminar showed significantly reduced implicit and explicit anti-Black biases, compared with control students. The authors explored correlates of prejudice and stereotype reduction. In each experiment, seminar students' implicit and explicit change scores positively covaried with factors suggestive of affective and cognitive processes, respectively. The findings show the malleability of implicit prejudice and stereotypes and suggest that these may effectively be changed through affective processes.     

A threat in the computer: the race implicit association test as a stereotype threat experience

Three experiments test whether the threat of appearing racist leads White participants to perform worse on the race Implicit Association Test (IAT) and whether self-affirmation can protect from this threat. Experiments 1 and 2 suggest that White participants show a stereotype threat effect when completing the race IAT, leading to stronger pro-White scores when the test is believed to be diagnostic of racism. This effect increases for domain-identified (highly motivated to control prejudice) participants (Experiment 2). In Experiment 3, self-affirmation inoculates participants against stereotype threat while taking the race IAT. These findings have methodological implications for use of the race IAT and theoretical implications concerning the malleability of automatic prejudice and the potential interpersonal effects of the fear of appearing racist.     

情绪对内隐刻板印象表达的调节

采用IAT范式探讨不同情绪对内隐刻板印象表达的调节作用：实验1通过音乐唤醒被试的不同弥散性情绪状态(悲伤vs.愉悦), 并操纵其即时观念(刻板一致vs.刻板冲突), 探讨二者对内隐性别刻板印象表达的影响。实验2通过视频诱发被试不同的指向性情绪(同情vs.厌恶), 研究其如何调节大学生对不同感染途径的艾滋病患者和病毒携带者的内隐刻板印象表达。在此基础上引入四重模型(Quad Model)分析技术, 进一步细化情绪的调节作用究竟发生在认知加工的自动加工过程还是控制加工过程, 以及不同情绪是通过哪些心理成分调节内隐刻板印象的表达。结果表明：(1)当即时观念与刻板印象内容一致时, 积极弥散性情绪促进内隐刻板印象的表达; 反之则会抑制其表达; (2)弥散性情绪通过调节认知加工的自动化加工过程, 进而调节内隐刻板印象的表达, 但未参与调节控制性加工过程; (3)积极效价的指向性情绪会抑制被试对艾滋病患者的内隐刻板印象表达, 消极效价的指向性情绪会促进其表达; (4)指向性情绪通过自动激活成分, 调节内隐刻板印象表达的自动化加工过程; 同时也通过辨识力成分, 参与调节内隐刻板印象表达的控制性加工过程。     

Understanding intergroup relations through the lens of implicit theories (mindsets) of malleability

This review argues that implicit theories of malleability are essential constructs for the study of intergroup dynamics. As one of people's core meaning‐making tools, mindsets about malleability shed light on the mechanisms behind perceivers' tendency to stereotype and feel prejudiced towards targets, as well as on the mechanisms underlying targets' ability to shield against, and potentially confront, bias. In addition to illuminating cross‐group interaction dynamics between individuals, mindsets contribute to explaining the harmful processes at play in real‐world protracted conflicts and suggest interventions that may help lay the ground for peace processes. This review also aims to highlight areas of research that remain open for further investigation or that have been overlooked to date. We argue that research integrating mindsets and intergroup relations will advance our understanding of intergroup dynamics, as well as possibly offering insights on how to improve them, and that this approach will also further the study of lay theories of malleability.     

Implicit open-mindedness: Evidence for and limits on stereotype malleability

Although stereotypes have traditionally been regarded as stable, research has documented their considerable malleability. One potential source of such malleability is intrusion into the stereotype of other concepts also activated when the stereotype is activated. In three experiments we assessed the extent to which stereotypes were influenced by stereotypic, stereotype-unrelated, or counter-stereotypic traits activated in a completely unrelated context immediately prior to stereotype measurement. Across experiments, priming of stereotype-unrelated traits increased their inclusion in the stereotype, whereas priming of counter-stereotypic traits had no effect in the subsequently assessed stereotype. In Experiment 3 we collected perceived dispersion measures and showed that although priming counter-stereotypic traits had no effect on overall characterization of the target group, it boosted perceptions of the group's variability. We accounted for these results by extending Higgins' (1989) Synapse Model of knowledge accessibility to the stereotype domain.     

消极情绪对优势认知加工的抑制

优势认知加工是大脑中指向当前任务的、主导的、可及性最高的信息加工过程。刻板印象与反刻板印象思维、整体加工与局部加工、关系加工与项目特异性加工、综合推理与分析推理、目标追求等认知领域的研究表明, 消极情绪会抑制优势认知加工。这种抑制作用受到优势认知加工的明确性、消极情绪的类型以及优势认知加工与消极情绪的联系三方面因素的影响。采用实验分离加工法与实验后分离加工法的研究显示, 消极情绪主要通过抑制自动加工过程来抑制优势认知加工。目前对消极情绪抑制优势认知加工的理论解释有情绪信息理论、趋近系统观和情绪具身观, 其中情绪信息理论被广泛接受。未来还需进一步明确优势认知加工的含义, 在准确描述该现象的同时, 深入挖掘其背后的机制。     

信息加工阶段与情绪刺激加工

情绪刺激的特定加工路径使其能够有效捕获注意并获得加工资源,在一定程度上反映了其加工优势。然而,由于信息加工资源的有限性,由情绪信息引发的、不受自上而下认知因素影响的加工优势并非一直存在。本文根据情绪刺激在信息加工过程不同阶段的加工特点,阐述了情绪注意效应与自上而下注意效应在知觉阶段的注意选择过程中的交互影响,以及在执行控制阶段,情绪刺激加工与执行控制功能间的相互作用。