Resource scarcity priming and face perception: A preregistered conceptual replication of Study 1 of Rodeheffer et al. (2012) in Japan
Masataka Takebe; Kenta Tsumura; Ken'ichiro Nakashima · 2023 · Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology
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Abstract
Rodeheffer et al. (2012) showed that when people perceive resource scarcity, they are more likely to judge racially ambiguous people as out-group members. In their first experiment, 71 White participants viewed a slideshow depicting either resource scarcity or abundance; subsequently, they judged 20 biracial faces created by averaging a White and a Black face. We conducted this experiment's preregistered conceptual replication study in Japan. Specifically, after observing a slideshow depicting either resource scarcity or abundance, East Asian participants judged 20 biracial faces produced by a
Abstract by Masataka Takebe; Kenta Tsumura; Ken'ichiro Nakashima, Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology (2023) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100169