Positive Essentialization Reduces Prejudice: Reminding Participants of a Positive Human Nature Alleviates the Stigma of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) Descent

Positive Essentialization Reduces Prejudice: Reminding Participants of a Positive Human Nature Alleviates the Stigma of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) Descent

This study aims to demonstrate and change negative perceptions of descendants of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (Partai Komunis Indonesia/PKI), a stigmatized social group in Indonesia. In Studies 1 and 2, participants were given positive descriptions of an adult (Study 1) and a child (Stu...

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Main Authors: Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Peter Holtz, Ardiningtiyas Pitaloka, Nicole Kronberger, Nurul Arbiyah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
stigma
essentialization
prejudice
social exclusions
humanization
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/794

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