Emotion and Prejudice: Specific Emotions Toward Outgroups

Molly Parker Tapias (1) , Jack Glaser (1) , Dacher Keltner (1) , Kristen Vasquez (2) , Thomas Wickens (1)

1 University of California
2 Alverno College

This research draws on ideas about emotion-related appraisal tendencies to generate and test novel propositions about intergroup emotions. First, emotion elicited by outgroup category activation can be transferred to an unrelated stimulus (incidental emotion effects). Second, people predisposed toward an emotion are more prejudiced toward groups that are likely to be associated with that emotion. Discussion focuses on the implications of the studies for a more complete understanding of the nature of prejudice, and specifically, the different qualities of prejudice for different target groups.

Mots clés: emotion; prejudice; stereotypes

Molly Parker Tapias, Jack Glaser, Dacher Keltner, Kristen Vasquez, Thomas Wickens. Emotion and Prejudice: Specific Emotions Toward Outgroups. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2007, 10 (1), pp.27-39. ⟨10.1177/1368430207071338⟩. ⟨hal-00571637⟩