Centro Universitario Villanueva, Spain.
Psicothema. 2013 Feb;25(1):73-8. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2012.107.
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of thinking in reducing prejudice toward stigmatized groups.
Participants received a persuasive message composed of strong arguments in favor of South American immigrants or a control message. In order to distinguish high- from low-elaboration individuals, participants were asked to complete the Need for Cognition Scale (NC).
As expected, attitude change was equivalent for individuals with relatively high and low NC. Importantly, although both high- and low-NC participants showed a reduction in the extremity of prejudiced attitudes, the stability of these changes was different. Two days later, the changes produced in participants with high NC were found to be more persistent than equivalent changes produced in participants with low NC.
An understanding of the processes through which prejudiced attitudes are modified can provide information about the long-term stability of such changes.
本研究旨在探讨思考在减少对污名化群体偏见中的作用。
参与者收到了一个支持南美移民的有说服力的信息，或者是一个控制信息。为了区分高和低的精心程度个体，参与者被要求完成认知需求量表（NC）。
正如预期的那样，高和低认知需求的个体的态度变化是相等的。重要的是，尽管高和低认知需求的参与者都表现出对偏见态度的极端程度的降低，但这些变化的稳定性是不同的。两天后，发现高认知需求的参与者产生的变化比低认知需求的参与者产生的等效变化更持久。
对偏见态度改变过程的理解可以提供有关此类变化长期稳定性的信息。
