Accents of Guilt?: Effects of Regional Accent, Race, and Crime Type on Attributions of Guilt.  

Oleh:

Dixon, John ; Mahoney, Berenice ; Cocks, Roger

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Full Text) vol. 21 no. 2 (2002), page 162-168.
Fulltext: 162.pdf (77.61KB)

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This study examined the effect of regional accent on the attribution of guilt. One hundred and nineteen participants listened to a recorded exchange between a British male criminal suspect and a male policeman. Employing the “matched-guise” technique,this exchange was varied to produce a 2 (accent type: Birmingham/standard) 2 (race of suspect: Black/White) 2 (crime type: blue collar/white collar) independent-groups design. The results suggested that the suspect was rated as significantly more guilty when he employed a Birmingham rather than a standard accent and that attributions of guilt were significantly associated with the suspect’s perceived superiority and social attractiveness.

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