Cross-race accuracy bias in lie detection

Starting date
November 1, 2016
Duration (months)
18
Departments
Human Sciences
Managers or local contacts
Trifiletti Elena
Keyword
Lie detection, intergroup relations, accuracy and bias

To date research has not investigated the accuracy of deception judgments across racial groups. Nevertheless, analyzing lie detection across racial lines would significantly enhance our knowledge of intergroup dynamics, especially in those context where racial disparities are likely to occur. In a series of unpublished studies, Trifiletti, Pedrazza, and Vezzali (2015), using a job interview paradigm, found that White participants were less accurate when judging Black targets compared to White targets (cross-race accuracy bias, CRAB). This research proposal aims to extend the initial evidence provided by Trifiletti et al. (2015) with four studies. Study 1 will examine information processing of ingroup and outgroup targets (reliance on subjective and objective cues to deception) as a possible underlying mechanism of the CRAB effect. Study 2 will test the reliability of CRAB with a different target group (Asians) and with participants of minority groups (Asians and Blacks). In Study 3, we will analyze the generalizability to other experimental paradigms and the moderation effect of negative stereotypes. Study 4 will test the effectiveness of a recategorization intervention for the reduction of CRAB.
By bringing together two fields of social psychology (lie detection and intergroup relations) this research proposal provides a relevant and innovative contribution that will have a significant impact on the international literature.

THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE Bando di Ateno per la Ricerca di Base 2015

Project participants

Elena Trifiletti
Associate Professor

Collaboratori esterni

Loris Vezzali
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia Educazione e Scienze Umane
Luca Andrighetto
Università di Genova
Marc-Andre Reinhard
Universitat Kassel
Publications
Title Authors Year
Cross-Race Accuracy Bias in Lie Detection Trifiletti, Elena; Pedrazza, Monica; Vezzali, Loris; Berlanda, Sabrina 2017
Cross-Race Accuracy Bias in Lie Detection and Unconscious Thinking Berlanda, Sabrina; Trifiletti, Elena; Pedrazza, Monica 2017

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