TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Perceived variability as a video-media prejudice reduction intervention JO - Basic and applied social psychology A1 - Hsieh, Wing A1 - Faulkner, Nicholas A1 - Wickes, Rebecca SP - 66 EP - 83 VL - 44 IS - 2 N2 - Perceived variability is a relatively unexplored prejudice reduction approach. We developed a new intervention and tested it in two pre-registered experiments--in field and online laboratory settings. Across both experiments, we found that the intervention did not reduce prejudice. As expected, higher perceived variability correlated with lower prejudice. However, the correlations were weak and markedly lower in the higher-powered online laboratory trial. Overall, these results indicate that perceived variability may have limited scaling potential due to low adaptability and effectiveness. Exploratory analyses indicated that effects of the intervention did not substantially differ across age, gender, and education.

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LA - en SN - 0197-3533 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2022.2069025 ID - ref1 ER -