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SUMMARY:Shifting ground: The variable use of essentialism in contexts of i
 nclusion and exclusion - Dr Thomas Morton\, University of Exeter
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CONTACT:Dr Julain Oldmeadow
DESCRIPTION:Past research has demonstrated a broad association between pre
 judice and essentialism. However\, research has also shown that essentiali
 sm and prejudice are not always linked in the same way - sometimes essenti
 alist thinking is associated with prejudice\, but sometimes it is not. The
  aim of the present research was to explore experimentally how prejudice m
 ight relate to essentialist beliefs about race differently depending on ho
 w race is being used (inclusively or exclusively) and who is the implied t
 arget of such treatment (ethnic minorities or the white majority). Study 1
  (N=178) demonstrated that\, although prejudice among white Australians is
  typically related to essentialist beliefs about Aboriginal identity\, thi
 s relationship disappeared when racial criteria were used to exclude someo
 ne for 'being white'. Under these conditions\, prejudiced participants exp
 ressed opposition to such treatment and de-essentialized race. Study 2 (N=
 198) broadly replicated this pattern in a British context and indicated th
 at prejudiced participants' de-essentialism of race was due to a stronger 
 emphasis on values of equality under the same conditions. These results de
 monstrate that prejudiced people endorse essentialism when it can be used 
 to exclude others (who they want to exclude)\, but reject essentialism whe
 n it is used to exclude them.\n
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