Olcaysoy Okten Irmak, Saribay S Adil
a Lehigh University.
b Boğaziçi University.
J Soc Psychol. 2019;159(1):46-60. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2018.1447436. Epub 2018 Mar 29.
We examined stereotyping and its effect on self-regulation in preparation for inter-ideological interactions. Turkish conservative and liberal students anticipated interacting with a political outgroup (vs. ingroup) member and the accessibility of outgroup and ingroup stereotypes was measured. Conservatives in both outgroup and ingroup interaction conditions showed higher accessibility for outgroup stereotypes. Liberals, however, showed lower accessibility for both outgroup and ingroup stereotypes in both conditions. Liberals' suppression of stereotypes about the anticipated partner led to worse self-regulation when the anticipated partner was conservative but better self-regulation when the partner was liberal. Conservatives' stereotype accessibility did not affect their self-regulation. These findings show that liberals may tend to rely on self-regulatory resources to suppress their stereotypes while anticipating inter-ideological interactions, while conservatives rely on stereotypes to navigate such interactions.
我们研究了刻板印象及其对自我调节的影响，为不同意识形态间的互动做准备。土耳其保守派和自由派学生预期会与政治外群体（相对于内群体）成员互动，并测量了外群体和内群体刻板印象的可及性。在与外群体和内群体互动的条件下，保守派学生对外群体刻板印象的可及性更高。然而，自由派学生在这两种条件下，对外群体和内群体刻板印象的可及性都较低。当预期的伙伴是保守派时，自由派抑制对预期伙伴的刻板印象会导致更差的自我调节，但当伙伴是自由派时，自我调节会更好。保守派的刻板印象可及性并未影响他们的自我调节。这些发现表明，在预期不同意识形态间的互动时，自由派可能倾向于依靠自我调节资源来抑制他们的刻板印象，而保守派则依靠刻板印象来应对此类互动。
