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On the Face of it: Exploring the Interaction Between Racial and Arbitrary Group Recognition
Abstract
The cross-race effect – enhanced recognition of racial ingroup faces – has been justified to exist in other categories, such as arbitrary groups. This study aimed to investigate the effect of crossing racial (black/white) and arbitrary (blue/yellow) categories, in addition to the role of facial expressions in this phenomenon. 120 Caucasian students (from the UK, Macedonia, and Portugal) performed a discrimination task (judging faces as new vs. previously seen). Using a within-subjects design, reaction times and accuracy were measured. We hypothesized that (1) the arbitrary group membership of faces would moderate the cross-race effect and (2) the racial group membership of faces would moderate the usual recognition advantage for happy faces.
How to Cite:
Berlot, E., Blakey, R., Demaerschalk, E., Dishlieska Mitova, J., Petisca, S., Philp, C. and Lloret, B., 2013. On the Face of it: Exploring the Interaction Between Racial and Arbitrary Group Recognition. Journal of European Psychology Students, 4(2), pp.16–24. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.bg
Published on
15 Sep 2013.
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