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

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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.
Autores principais:Schoede, Hayley
Assunto:Multilingualism Cognitive flexibility Deprovincialization Outgroup stereotyping Multilinguismo Flexibilidade cognitiva Desprovincialização Estereotipagem do exogrupo
Ano:2020
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:dissertação de mestrado
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:ISCTE
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório ISCTE

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