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- Self-regulation helps control prejudice, but when it weakens, the environment can influence our ability to manage prejudice.
- Four studies support this idea, showing that fatigue decreases motivation to avoid prejudice, while strong social pressure increases such motivation.
- When self-regulation is compromised, perceptions of social pressure can enhance or diminish non-prejudiced behavior depending on their strength.
Article Abstract
Self-regulation constrains the expression of prejudice, but when self-regulation falters, the immediate environment can act as an external source of prejudice regulation. This hypothesis derives from work demonstrating that external controls and internal self-regulation can prompt goal pursuit in the absence of self-imposed controls. Across four studies, we found support for this complementary model of prejudice regulation. In Study 1, self-regulatory fatigue resulted in less motivation to be non-prejudiced, compared to a non-fatigued control. In Study 2, strong (vs. weak) perceived social pressure was related to greater motivation to be non-prejudiced. In Study 3, dispositional self-regulation predicted non-prejudice motivation when perceived social pressure was weak or moderate, but not when it was strong. Finally, in Study 4 self-regulatory fatigue increased prejudice when social pressure was weak but not when it was strong.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1263595 | DOI Listing |
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