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#HandsUpDon’tShoot:The Psychology of “Shooter Bias”
Prof. Stephenie Chaudoir & Tyler Zeoli ‘15Psychology Department
12.11.14
Caption 2 under the light skinned person:
"Two residents wade through chest-deep water
after finding bread and soda from a local grocery
store..."
Caption 1 under the dark skinned person:
" A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans"
Automatic vs. Controlled Processing
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The “Take-Aways”
1. Shooter bias is a real behavioral phenomenon that can be overcome with training
2. We are ALL vulnerable to _____ bias when operating on “auto-pilot”
#factivismReferences and Further ReadingCorrell, J., Park, B., Judd, C.M., & Wittenbrink, B. (2002). The police officer’s dilemma: Using
ethnicity to disambiguate potentially threatening individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1314-1329. [pdf]
Correll, J., Park, B., Judd, C.M., Wittenbrink, B., & Sadler, M.S. (2007). Across the thin blue line: Police officers and racial bias in the decision to shoot. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1006-1023. [pdf]
Eberhardt, J.L., Goff, P.A., Purdie, V.J. & Davies, P.G. (2004). Seeing Black: Race, crime, and visual processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 876-893. [pdf]
Payne, B. K. (2005). Conceptualizing control in social cognition: How executive functioning modulates the expression of automatic stereotyping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 488-503. [citation]
Plant, E. A., & Peruche, B. M. (2005). The consequences of race for police officer’s responses to criminal suspects. Psychological Science, 16, 180-183. [pdf]
See also: www.fairandimpartialpolicing.com
You can find this powerpoint on Prof. Chaudoir’s website, or email for more details: [email protected]! Thanks!
Additional Questions
• Does shooter race affect bias?– No. Black and White participants are equally likely
to exhibit shooter bias (Correll et al., 2002; Study 4).
• Are law enforcement more biased than community members? – No. Community members make more errors than
police officers (Correll et al., 2007).