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Situational Flexibility of In-Group-Related Attitudes: A Single Category IAT Study of People with Dual National Identity

University of Bielefeld, gerd.bohner{at}uni-bielefeld.de

Frank Siebler

University of Tromsø

Roberto González

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Andrés Haye

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Eike A. Schmidt

Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf

An experiment was conducted to examine the situational flexibility of in-group-related attitudes at the implicit and explicit level. Seventy-one men and women with dual, Turkish-German, national identities were asked to think about positive aspects of either their German or their Turkish identity. Later, attitudes toward Germans and Turks were assessed using a single category implicit association test (SC-IAT) and self-report scales. Results showed that attitudes toward Turks were generally more positive than attitudes toward Germans, that SC-IAT scores reflecting attitudes toward Turks and Germans were unrelated, and that the identity priming affected men's, but not women's, SC-IAT scores. This finding is discussed in terms of men's greater flexibility in national identification. Explicit attitude measures were largely unaffected by the priming.

Key Words: Germany • immigration • in-group attitudes • national identity • single category implicit association test (SC-IAT) • Turks

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