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Prejudice is a general evaluation, not a specific emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Angela J. Bahns
Angela J. Bahns*
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Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481. abahns@wellesley.edu http://www.wellesley.edu/psychology/faculty/bahns
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Abstract

Prejudice, like contempt, is a general evaluation rather than a specific emotion. I explore the idea that emotions and attitudes are conceptually distinct by applying Gervais & Fessler's model to the intergroup context. I argue that prejudice is an affective representation of a social group's relational value (friend or foe) and dispute the idea that there are many distinct prejudices.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e227
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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