Perceptions of Ambiguous Events

Date Issued:: 2015
Summary:: This study looked at the effects of stereotypes in the media on memory for ambiguous events. The latter were stimuli created to portray individuals of two different racial groups (white and black) in situations that did not necessarily negatively implicate these actors. Two hundred and thirty six participants took part and viewed these events as well as six media clips. Three groups of media clips were shown: clips with black actors, white actors, and both races. A subset of participants, the explicit condition, were asked to rate the media clips for stereotypes, whereas another group, the implicit condition, were instructed that these clips were distractions. The participants' main goal was to remember the ambiguous events they saw and distinguish them from a new set of altered - more negative - events from the old items seen at encoding. A main effect of ambiguous events ethnicity was found, which could be interpreted as part icipants having more difficulty remembering black actors.

Title:	Perceptions of Ambiguous Events.	80 views 22 downloads
Name(s):	Paulvin, Cleopatre, author Kersten, Alan, Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created:	2015
Date Issued:	2015
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication:	Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form:	application/pdf
Extent:	63 p.
Language(s):	English
Summary:	This study looked at the effects of stereotypes in the media on memory for ambiguous events. The latter were stimuli created to portray individuals of two different racial groups (white and black) in situations that did not necessarily negatively implicate these actors. Two hundred and thirty six participants took part and viewed these events as well as six media clips. Three groups of media clips were shown: clips with black actors, white actors, and both races. A subset of participants, the explicit condition, were asked to rate the media clips for stereotypes, whereas another group, the implicit condition, were instructed that these clips were distractions. The participants' main goal was to remember the ambiguous events they saw and distinguish them from a new set of altered - more negative - events from the old items seen at encoding. A main effect of ambiguous events ethnicity was found, which could be interpreted as part icipants having more difficulty remembering black actors.
Identifier:	FA00004533 (IID)
Degree granted:	Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015.
Collection:	FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s):	Includes bibliography.
Subject(s):	Culture diffusion Film criticism Mass media -- Semiotics Representation (Philosophy) Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media Stereotypes (Social psychology) in television
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