Investigation of shared maintenance process of prejudices through linguistic communication

• Project/Area Number: 24730516
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Aichi Gakuin University (2013-2015); Nagoya University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: KODAMA (SUGA) SAYAKA 愛知学院大学, 教養部, 講師 (30584403)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 差別 / 偏見 / ステレオタイプ / 言語コミュニケーション / 文化 / コミュニケーション / 言語的抽象度 / 言語カテゴリー・モデル / 社会的認知

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Prejudices against particular groups are widely shared in a culture, which is likely to lead to discrimination of those groups. The present study conducted a survey and an experiment to demonstrate the processes that people share regarding prejudices from person to person. The survey revealed which social groups are at risk of discrimination and what kind of prejudices are widely shared in Japan. The results of the experiment demonstrate that a subjectively perceived consensus promotes communication of stereotype-consistent information. These results offer a model showing the shared maintenance process of prejudices. The model can be applied in the reduction of discrimination directed towards the particular groups.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 共有されたステレオタイプの認知が情報伝達に及ぼす影響 (2015)
  • Author(s): 菅さやか
  • Organizer: 日本社会心理学会第56回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京女子大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-31
• [Presentation] Comparison between subjectively perceived and objective consensus regarding prejudice in Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Sayaka Suga
  • Organizer: The 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Long Beach, CA, USA.
  • Year and Date: 2015-02-26 – 2015-02-28
• [Presentation] 日本社会における共有的ステレオタイプの特徴解明の試み (2013)
  • Author(s): 菅 さやか
  • Organizer: 日本社会心理学会第54回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄国際大学
• [Book] エッセンシャルズ心理学 心理学的素養の学び (2015)
  • Author(s): 二宮克美・山本ちか・太幡直也・松岡弥玲・菅さやか
  • Total Pages: 214
  • Publisher: 福村出版
• [Book] 心理学基礎実験 (2015)
  • Author(s): 大和田智文、鈴木公啓、菅さやか、他14名
  • Total Pages: 150
  • Publisher: 北樹出版
• [Book] 「心のしくみを考える：認知心理学研究の深化と広がり(仮)」(北神慎司・林創編著) 第10章社会－対人認知と言語コミュニケーション (2013)
  • Author(s): 菅さやか
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版