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Recent findings show that it is possible in some cases to robustly and durably change implicit impressions of novel individuals. This work presents a challenge to long-standing theoretical assumptions about implicit impressions, and raises new research directions for changing and reducing implicit bias toward outgroups. Namely, implicit impressions of newly encountered individuals and groups are more amenable to robust change and updating than previously assumed, and some of the lessons from this work point to when and how we might try to change implicit bias toward well-known and familiar stigmatized groups and individuals.

Recent findings in social psychology show how implicit affective responses can be changed, leading to strong, fast, and durable updating. This work demonstrates that new information viewed as diagnostic or which prompts reinterpretations of previous learning produces fast revision, suggesting two factors that might be leveraged in clinical settings. Reconsolidation provides a plausible route for making such reasoning possible.

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Social-psychological evidence for the effective updating of implicit attitudes 1

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22 - How Can We Change Implicit Bias toward Outgroups?

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Social-psychological evidence for the effective updating of implicit attitudes1

Social-psychological evidence for the effective updating of implicit attitudes 1