title: Status-based asymmetry in intergroup responses: Implications for intergroup reconciliation.
abstract: We studied intergroup responses as a function of relative intergroup status and familiarity. In Study 1, 34 African Americans and 34 European Americans interacted with two members of the out-group in separate, 20-min dyadic interactions. Intergroup perception, affect, and behavior were asymmetric; Blacks differentiated the traits of and the quality of interactions with Whites, whereas Whites did not make these differentiations. Blacks and Whites predicted that different out-group partners perceived them similarly. Study 2 showed that the failure to differentiate an out-group member is due to intergroup status differences. Asymmetric intergroup responses pose a barrier to intergroup reconciliation and explain, in part, why increased interracial contact has not eradicated disparities in life outcomes for Black Americans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 02908, USA. tmalloy@ric.edu
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Malloy
authors.forename: Tiina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ristikari
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berrios-Candelaria
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Fredric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Agatstein
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult