/ Revista de Psicología Social, Volume 21, Number 1, January 2006, pp. 3-20(18)
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Espelt, Esteve; Javaloy, Federico; Cornejo, José-Manuel
"We examine the phenomenon of aversive racism (Gaertner and Dovidio, 1986) towards immigrants in our social environment and seek to identify features that may define and distinguish it with respect to those reported in studies in the US. We used the scales of Pettigrew and Meertens (1995) to differentiate between egalitarian and prejudiced subjects, and then placed the subjects in a virtual simulation of a trial-by-jury situation. We used a 2x3x3 factor design (race of the accused, type of evidence, and the composition/verdict of the jury).
The results indicated that aversive racism, characteristic of egalitarian subjects, manifests itself only in situations in which the legal structure is ambiguous and/or there exist arguments to rationalize their prejudiced responses. The fact that these subjects took longer to respond in making decisions that are negative for immigrants seems to reflect their resistance to being considered racist. The influence of the items of evidence presented differs according to the race of the accused. In the case of immigrants, evidence that may be prejudicial to them is considered more important than evidence in their favour. The reverse is the case when the accused is a member of the endogroup." [Sub Required]
