Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization

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Autor(a) principal: Schoede, Hayley
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20944
Resumo: There is indication that multilingualism is a key correlate to outgroup acceptance. Furthermore, that this relationship is facilitated though deprovincialization, or open mindedness, and cognitive flexibility, or the ability to mentally switch and fluctuate between tasks. However, literature surrounding this relationship is minimal and lacks comprehensive measures of these phenomea. The present study of 173 white Americans (34 multilingual) examined how deprovincialization and both implicit and explicit cognitive flexibility mediate the relationship between multilingualism and attitudes towards the outgroup, stereotype endorsement and stereotype activation and application Results indicated that higher levels of self appraised multilingual capacities in terms of speaking, reading, writing and comprehension were positively associated with both implicit cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization and in turn, deprovincialization associated with improved attitudes towards the outgroup. Furthermore, the importance of certain vectors to language attainment such as friends or school positively correlated with implicit cognitive flexibility, deprovincialization and attitudes towards the outgroup. Practical implications of multilingualism within the American society are discussed.
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spelling Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincializationMultilingualismCognitive flexibilityDeprovincializationOutgroup stereotypingMultilinguismoFlexibilidade cognitivaDesprovincializaçãoEstereotipagem do exogrupoThere is indication that multilingualism is a key correlate to outgroup acceptance. Furthermore, that this relationship is facilitated though deprovincialization, or open mindedness, and cognitive flexibility, or the ability to mentally switch and fluctuate between tasks. However, literature surrounding this relationship is minimal and lacks comprehensive measures of these phenomea. The present study of 173 white Americans (34 multilingual) examined how deprovincialization and both implicit and explicit cognitive flexibility mediate the relationship between multilingualism and attitudes towards the outgroup, stereotype endorsement and stereotype activation and application Results indicated that higher levels of self appraised multilingual capacities in terms of speaking, reading, writing and comprehension were positively associated with both implicit cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization and in turn, deprovincialization associated with improved attitudes towards the outgroup. Furthermore, the importance of certain vectors to language attainment such as friends or school positively correlated with implicit cognitive flexibility, deprovincialization and attitudes towards the outgroup. Practical implications of multilingualism within the American society are discussed.Há indícios de que o multilinguismo é um correlato chave para a aceitação do exogrupo. Além disso, essa relação é facilitada através da desprovincialização, ou mente aberta, e flexibilidade cognitiva, ou a habilidade de mudar mentalmente e oscilar entre as tarefas. No entanto, a literatura em torno dessa relação é mínima e carece de medidas abrangentes desses fenómenos. O presente estudo com 173 americanos brancos (34 multilíngues) examinou como a desprovincialização e a flexibilidade cognitiva implícita e explícita medeiam a relação entre multilinguismo e atitudes em relação ao exogrupo, aceitação de estereótipos e ativação e aplicação de estereótipos. Os resultados indicaram que níveis mais elevados de capacidades multilingues autoavaliadas em termos de fala, leitura, escrita e compreensão se encontram positivamente associados com a flexibilidade cognitiva medida de forma implícita e a desprovincialização e, por sua vez, a desprovincialização se encontra associada a atitudes mais positivas em relação ao exogrupo. Além disso, a importância de certos vetores para o domínio da linguagem, como amigos ou escola, correlacionaram se positivamente com a flexibilidade cognitiva medida de forma implícita, desprovincialização e atitudes em relação ao exogrupo. As implicações práticas do multilinguismo na sociedade americana são discutidas.2020-12-15T16:45:26Z2020-11-18T00:00:00Z2020-11-182020-10info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/20944TID:202549305engSchoede, Hayleyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:45:36Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/20944Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:21:49.740392Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
spellingShingle Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
Schoede, Hayley
Multilingualism
Cognitive flexibility
Deprovincialization
Outgroup stereotyping
Multilinguismo
Flexibilidade cognitiva
Desprovincialização
Estereotipagem do exogrupo
title_short Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
title_full Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
title_fullStr Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
title_full_unstemmed Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
title_sort Multilingualism and stereotype endorsement: The roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization
author Schoede, Hayley
author_facet Schoede, Hayley
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Schoede, Hayley
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Multilingualism
Cognitive flexibility
Deprovincialization
Outgroup stereotyping
Multilinguismo
Flexibilidade cognitiva
Desprovincialização
Estereotipagem do exogrupo
topic Multilingualism
Cognitive flexibility
Deprovincialization
Outgroup stereotyping
Multilinguismo
Flexibilidade cognitiva
Desprovincialização
Estereotipagem do exogrupo
description There is indication that multilingualism is a key correlate to outgroup acceptance. Furthermore, that this relationship is facilitated though deprovincialization, or open mindedness, and cognitive flexibility, or the ability to mentally switch and fluctuate between tasks. However, literature surrounding this relationship is minimal and lacks comprehensive measures of these phenomea. The present study of 173 white Americans (34 multilingual) examined how deprovincialization and both implicit and explicit cognitive flexibility mediate the relationship between multilingualism and attitudes towards the outgroup, stereotype endorsement and stereotype activation and application Results indicated that higher levels of self appraised multilingual capacities in terms of speaking, reading, writing and comprehension were positively associated with both implicit cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization and in turn, deprovincialization associated with improved attitudes towards the outgroup. Furthermore, the importance of certain vectors to language attainment such as friends or school positively correlated with implicit cognitive flexibility, deprovincialization and attitudes towards the outgroup. Practical implications of multilingualism within the American society are discussed.
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