African Americans' and Caucasian Americans' recognition and likability responses of African American and Caucasian American faces.

From: The Journal of General Psychology | Date: April 1, 1997| Author: Beard, Karyl Wade; Bruce, A. Jerry; Harman, Marsha J.; Tedford, Karon; Tedford, Stephanie | Copyright information

Female African American and Caucasian American participants were shown female faces of their own racial group and/or another racial group. In Experiment 1, participants saw either African American or Caucasian American faces; in Experiment 2, all participants saw faces of both races. Approximately half of the participants received instructions and forms for recognition responses, whereas the other half received instructions and forms for attraction responses. The attraction scores in Experime...

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