Abstract
We examined whether a role-playing exercise, similar to that developed by CitationPlous (2000), increases students’ ability to generate effective responses to prejudiced comments. We assessed social psychology students’ (n = 23) ability to respond to prejudiced comments before and after the exercise, and compared their performance to that of 2 other groups of students (total n = 38) who did not participate in the exercise. Results showed that the exercise increased students’ ability to generate effective responses to prejudiced comments. If students apply this skill in their daily lives, it could lead to a reduction in the overt expression of prejudice among others.
We thank Lisa Benzinger for entering our data into SPSS.
We presented an earlier version of this article at the annual meeting of the Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology (CTUP), Chicago, IL, May 2009.