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Improving attitudes towards minority groups by thinking about the thoughts and meta-cognitions of their members

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dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Rocío
dc.contributor.authorBriñol, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorPetty, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSantos, David
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:15:05Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:15:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-12
dc.description.abstractResearch on persuasion has shown that for attitudes to change people need to take into consideration not only the thoughts message recipients generate in response to proposals but also how people think about their own thoughts (metacognition). In the present research,we introduce a new perspective for improving outgroup attitudes focused on the distinction between cognition and metacognition but this time applied to the perceptions of others’ minds. Specifically,we examined to what extent thinking about the mental processes of outgroup members influences attitudes towards those outgroups. We compared the impact of thinking about how others think (perceived primary cognition) with how others think about their own thoughts (perceived secondary cognition or metacognition). In the primary cognition treatment,participants answered questions about the thinking processes of outgroup members. In the secondary cognition treatment,participants answered questions that required them to consider how outgroup members think about their own thoughts (i.e.,metacognition). Compared to controls,these treatments were capable of improving attitudes of Spanish citizens towards Syrian refugees,South American immigrants,and Roma people. A third study used a minimal group paradigm in which a fictitious outgroup was described as having primary (vs. secondary) cognition. A final study also tested the implications of assuming that groups have one type of cognition or another. The effects of the two treatments varied depending on the type of outgroup. © 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.description.fundingtypeResearch was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y Universidades, Gobierno de España (ES) [PSI2017-83303-C2-1-P].
dc.description.keywordAttitudes
dc.description.keywordDehumanization
dc.description.keywordMetacognitive interventions
dc.description.keywordMinorities outgroups
dc.description.keywordPrejudice reduction
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dc.identifier.citation Santos, D., Martínez, R., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2023). Improving attitudes towards minority groups by thinking about the thoughts and meta-cognitions of their members. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 552–566. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2922
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2922
dc.identifier.issn462772
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3145
dc.issue.number3
dc.journal.titleEuropean Journal of Social Psychology
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final566
dc.page.initial552
dc.page.total0
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
dc.relation.departmentHuman Resources & Organisational Behaviour
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.projectIDPSI2017-83303-C2-1-P
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Science & Technology
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectattitudes; dehumanization; metacognitive interventions; minorities outgroups; prejudice reduction
dc.subject.keywordAttitudes
dc.subject.keywordDehumanization
dc.subject.keywordMetacognitive interventions
dc.subject.keywordMinorities outgroups
dc.subject.keywordPrejudice reduction
dc.subject.otherAdults
dc.subject.otherCognition
dc.subject.otherDehumanization
dc.subject.otherFemale
dc.subject.otherHuman
dc.subject.otherHuman experiment
dc.subject.otherImmigrant
dc.subject.otherMale
dc.subject.otherMental function
dc.subject.otherMetacognition
dc.subject.otherMinority group
dc.subject.otherPerception
dc.subject.otherPrejudice
dc.subject.otherRefugee
dc.subject.otherRomani (people)
dc.subject.otherSpaniard
dc.titleImproving attitudes towards minority groups by thinking about the thoughts and meta-cognitions of their members
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