Age and lineup type differences in the own-race bias

Lindsey E. Wylie; Shaina Bergt; Joshua Haby; Eve M. Brank; Brian H. Bornstein

doi:10.1080/1068316X.2014.989173

Age and lineup type differences in the own-race bias

Lindsey E. Wylie, Shaina Bergt, Joshua Haby, Eve M. Brank, Brian H. Bornstein

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Abstract

The own-race bias (ORB) suggests that recognition for faces of one's own race is superior to recognition of other-race faces. A popular explanation for the ORB is amount of interracial contact, which may have cohort effects for older and younger adults. We compared White younger and older adults on the ORB utilizing a hybrid facial recognition and full diagnostic lineup (i.e., simultaneous and sequential target absent and target present lineups) paradigm. Both younger and older adults demonstrated an ORB. Signal detection estimates suggest younger adults compared to older adults have better discrimination accuracy for own-race over other-race faces. Interracial contact did not explain recognition for younger adults, but was related to a shift in response criterion for older adults.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	490-506
Number of pages	17
Journal	Psychology, Crime and Law
Volume	21
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.989173
State	Published - May 28 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

contact hypothesis
lineup type
older adults
own-race bias
signal detection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pathology and Forensic Medicine
General Psychology
Law

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