Racial Bias, Unspoken But Heard

摘要: Nonverbal behavior is a powerful form of social influence. People can abstract accurate meaning from even very brief exposures to nonverbal behavior—a facial expression or subtle body language, for example ( 1 ). Across cultures, the ability understand messages occurs quickly; infants and toddlers demonstrate this capacity. Moreover, signals be especially effective in transmitting attitudes because they spontaneously understood with minimal effort are perceived as source valid information. On page 1711 issue, Weisbuch et al. 2 ) examine how racial prejudice covertly spread reinforced, propose that American society, negative modeled by white individuals popular media critically shapes viewers' orientations toward black [see 3 race was determined study].