Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased.
Two experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external mo...
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author | Gordon B Moskowitz Irmak Olcaysoy Okten Cynthia M Gooch |
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description | Two experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external motivation to respond without prejudice scale (Plant & Devine, 1998). In Experiment 2 it is manipulated by varying the race of the experimenter (black versus white). Time perception is assessed via a temporal discrimination task commonly used in the literature. Models of time perception identify arousal as a factor that causes perceived time to slow, and we speculate that arousal arising in intergroup interactions can alter time perception. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d7b726726a8042f2bec0f7499c4de68a2022-12-22T02:17:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01128e018224110.1371/journal.pone.0182241Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased.Gordon B MoskowitzIrmak Olcaysoy OktenCynthia M GoochTwo experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external motivation to respond without prejudice scale (Plant & Devine, 1998). In Experiment 2 it is manipulated by varying the race of the experimenter (black versus white). Time perception is assessed via a temporal discrimination task commonly used in the literature. Models of time perception identify arousal as a factor that causes perceived time to slow, and we speculate that arousal arising in intergroup interactions can alter time perception.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549696?pdf=render |
spellingShingle | Gordon B Moskowitz Irmak Olcaysoy Okten Cynthia M Gooch Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased. PLoS ONE |
title | Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased. |
title_full | Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased. |
title_fullStr | Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased. |
title_full_unstemmed | Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased. |
title_short | Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased. |
title_sort | distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased |
url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549696?pdf=render |
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