Weapon Bias Split-Second Decisions and Unintended Stereotyping
Weapon Bias Split-Second Decisions and Unintended Stereotyping Research Questions
What are the factors that would lead a person, in the crucial moment, to shout “Gun”? • Can stereotypes about race influence such split-second decisions? • Can such types of race bias take place without intent to discriminate? The Weapons Bias: Experimental Procedures • Visual discrimination task between guns and harmless objects (e.g., tools)? – Flash Face (Black or White) – “Ignore faces, respond only to the objects” – Self-Paced vs. Fast Paced/Snap Judgment Conditions • Self-Paced (Respond at your own pace) • Fast-Paced (Respond in ½ second per trial) Self-Paced vs. Fast-Paced/Snap Judgment Conditions • Self-Paced – Accuracy was very high regardless of race – However, gun detection was faster in the presence of a Black face • Suggests that Black face readied people to detect a gun but did not distort people’s decisions • Fast-Paced – Race shaped people’s mistakes: More false claims to see a gun when it was actually a tool when flashed Black rather than White faces – When having to make a split-second decision, the readiness to see a weapon induced people to false claim to have seen a gun that was not actually present Widespread Evidence of Weapon Bias • Alternative Procedures – “Shoot armed” Persons vs. “Do Not Shoot” if un……………….
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