APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Should People Acknowledge or Deny Personal Prejudice?

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • Laurie O'Brien
    Tulane University
  • Aaron Moss
    Tulane University
  • Rachel Budd
    Tulane University

Abstract

Black and White people judged a White man who acknowledged, denied, or said nothing about his prejudice after being confronted for a biased remark. Overall, people judged an acknowledgement as more appropriate than a denial and inferred that the man was less prejudiced and more moral when he acknowledged prejudice.

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