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dc.contributor.authorO'Donnell, Alexander W
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, David L
dc.contributor.authorDuffy, Amanda L
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-26T01:14:51Z
dc.date.available2020-10-26T01:14:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0033-2941
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0033294120965472
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/398657
dc.description.abstractLaboratory-based aversive conditioning studies have reliably induced fear toward an image of an outgroup member by pairing the image with a fear-inducing, aversive stimulus. However, laboratory-based studies have been criticized for being simplistic in comparison to the complexities of the real world. The current study is the first to apply an aversive conditioning framework to explain the formation of intergroup fear and subsequent anxiety toward, and avoidance of, the outgroup outside the laboratory. Two samples recalled details of their first negative encounter with an African American (N = 554) or Muslim (N = 613) individual, respectively. Congruent with learning theory, participants who reported an unpleasant event with an outgroup member reported more fear during the encounter than did those who did not report experiencing an unpleasant event. Additionally, the intensity of unpleasantness during the first encounter indirectly predicted outgroup avoidance, via retrospectively recalled fear and current levels of intergroup anxiety.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychological Reports
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.keywordsXenophobia
dc.subject.keywordsclassical conditioning
dc.subject.keywordsintergroup anxiety
dc.subject.keywordsintergroup relations
dc.subject.keywordslearning
dc.titleAssociative Learning Processes in the Formation of Intergroup Anxiety and Avoidance in Society
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationO'Donnell, AW; Neumann, DL; Duffy, AL, Associative Learning Processes in the Formation of Intergroup Anxiety and Avoidance in Society, Psychological Reports, 2020
dc.date.updated2020-10-25T23:03:15Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDuffy, Amanda L.
gro.griffith.authorNeumann, David L.


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