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The Cortisol Response to Anticipated Intergroup Interactions Predicts Self-Reported Prejudice
Get PDFObjectives: While prejudice has often been shown to be rooted in experiences of threat, the biological underpinnings of this threat–prejudice association have received less research attention. The present experiment aims to test whether activations of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, due to anticipated interactions with out-group members, predict self-reported prejudice. Moreover, we explore potential moderators of this relationship (i.e., interpersonal similarity; subtle vs. blatant prejudice). Methodology/Principal findings: Participants anticipated an interaction with an out-group member who was similar or dissimilar to the self. To index HPA activation, cortisol responses to this event were measured. Then, subtle and blatant prejudices were measured via questionnaires. Findings indicated that only when people anticipated an interaction with an out-group member who was dissimilar to the self, their cortisol response to this event significantly predicted subtle (r =.50) and blatant (r =.53) prejudice. Conclusions: These findings indicate that prejudicial attitudes are linked to HPA-axis activity. Furthermore, when intergroup interactions are interpreted to be about individuals (and not so much about groups), experienced threat (or its biological substrate) is less likely to relate to prejudice. This conclusion is discussed in terms of recent insights from social neuroscience
La dimensione amministrativa nella dinamica della judicial review
No full textWhat is the relevance of public administrations and administrative law with respect to the essentially constitutional developments identified by Lustig and Weiler? This article suggests that three lines of research could further articulate the powerful reconstruction proposed by the two authors. The first deals with the ambivalence of the legal hyper-complexity which national administrations have to face as a consequence of the expansion of judicial review. The second concerns the relationship between the strengthening of the administrative rule of law and the expansion of constitutional judicial review, while the third discusses the relationship between constitutional and administrative judicial review
Institutionalizing Metropolitan cities in Italy. Success and limits of a centralistic, simplifying approach
No full textTerritorial government reforms at the time of financial crisis: the dawn of metropolitan cities in Italy
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