ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019

Are You in or Are You out?: The Role of Empathy in Visualizing Ingroup and Outgroup Members

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Shaheen Currimjee
    Williams College
  • Grace Murray
    Williams College
  • Jeremy Cone
    Williams College

Abstract

Previous research suggests that people visualize ingroup members more positive than outgroup members. But how do empathy and concern impact this disparity? Using a reverse correlation technique, we show that empathy changes the extent of outgroup bias in visual representations with those at the extreme ends showing the least bias.

Perception

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