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"Keep Your Eyes on the Prize": Reference Points and Racial Differences in Assessing Progress Toward Equality

Richard P. Eibach

Yale University

Joyce Ehrlinger

Stanford University

White Americans tend to perceive greater progress toward racial equality than do ethnic minorities. Correlational evidence (Study 1) and two experimental manipulations of framing (Studies 2 and 3) supported the hypothesis that this perception gap is associated with different reference points the two groups spontaneously use to assess progress, with Whites anchoring on comparisons with the past and ethnic minorities anchoring on ideal standards. Consistent with the hypothesis that the groups anchor on different reference points, the gap in perceptions of progress was affected by the time participants spent deliberating about the topic (Study 4). Implications for survey methods and political conflict are discussed.

Key Words: social judgment • reference points • framing • racial equality • goals

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 1, 66-77 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205279585
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