%0 PDF %T The role of gender in Black/White interracial contexts. %A Babbitt, Laura. %8 2017-04-18 %R http://localhost/files/pn89dk00n %X Abstract: This dissertation presents five studies designed to examine the role of gender in interracial contexts. Gender intersects with race to fundamentally shape social perception and experience, yet its influence in this area is often overlooked. The first set of studies laid the groundwork for this program of research by examining gender differences in cognitive representations of racial groups: In Study 1a, White participants reported their views of Blacks' stereotypes about them. Specifically, they reported that Blacks see White women as less prejudiced than White men, or White people in general. Study 1b examined Black participants' perceptions of the same groups, finding that Blacks also report that White women are seen as less prejudiced. In Study 2, White participants who completed a version of the Black/White Implicit Association Test with female stimuli showed marginally less implicit pro-White bias than those who completed the more traditional version, with male stimuli. Together, these studies showed that gender predicts outcomes in two basic intergroup processes: stereotyping and implicit bias. The next set of studies built on this intersectional approach by investigating the underlying role of individual differences, adding contextual factors, and examining behavioral implications of gender differences in interracial contexts. Study 3 was a meta-analysis of the interracial interaction literature, designed to investigate the interaction of gender, race, and context in interaction outcomes. It demonstrated that dyadic gender composition affects participants' experience of the interaction, and that the structure of the interaction interacts with the gender composition of the sample to predict outcomes as well. Study 4 measured the effect of gender identity on White women's expectations about an interaction with a Black female interaction partner. When gender identity was experimentally primed, or preexisting levels of gender identification were high, participants had more positive outcomes. Taken together, these studies demonstrated that gender plays a role in multiple aspects of interracial contexts, predicting not just the degree but in some cases the direction of effects. In an increasingly diverse society, an intersectional approach that considers gender in conjunction with race will help create a more thorough understanding of intergroup relations.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2012.; Submitted to the Dept. of Psychology.; Advisor: Samuel Sommers.; Committee: Nalini Ambady, Keith Maddox, and Evan Apfelbaum.; Keyword: Social psychology. %[ 2022-10-12 %9 Text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution