Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts

Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts

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Genetic essentialism is the tendency for people to think in more essentialist ways upon encountering genetic concepts. The current studies assessed whether genetic essentialist biases would also be evident at the automatic level. In two studies, using different versions of the Implicit Association T...

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Main Author: Gould, Wren
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42870
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-BVAU.-428702013-06-05T04:20:38ZImplicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate conceptsGould, WrenGenetic essentialism is the tendency for people to think in more essentialist ways upon encountering genetic concepts. The current studies assessed whether genetic essentialist biases would also be evident at the automatic level. In two studies, using different versions of the Implicit Association Test (Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998), we found that participants were faster to categorize when genes and fate were linked, compared to when these two concepts were kept separate and opposing. In addition to the wealth of past findings of genetic essentialism with explicit and deliberative measures, these biases appear to be also evident with implicit measures.University of British Columbia2012-08-03T22:08:04Z2012-08-03T22:08:04Z20122012-08-032012-11Electronic Thesis or Dissertationhttp://hdl.handle.net/2429/42870eng
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description Genetic essentialism is the tendency for people to think in more essentialist ways upon encountering genetic concepts. The current studies assessed whether genetic essentialist biases would also be evident at the automatic level. In two studies, using different versions of the Implicit Association Test (Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998), we found that participants were faster to categorize when genes and fate were linked, compared to when these two concepts were kept separate and opposing. In addition to the wealth of past findings of genetic essentialism with explicit and deliberative measures, these biases appear to be also evident with implicit measures.
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Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts
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title Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts
title_short Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts
title_full Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts
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title_full_unstemmed Implicit essentialism : genetic concepts are implicitly associated with fate concepts
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