Journal Article

New Zealand = Māori, New Zealand = Bicultural: Ethnic Group Differences in a National Sample of Māori and Europeans

Harding, Jessica F., Sibley, Chris G., Robertson, Andrew

2011

Overview

New Zealand (NZ) Europeans show a unique implicit bicultural effect, with research using the Implicit Association Test consistently showing that they associate Māori (the Indigenous peoples) and their own (dominant/advantaged majority) group as equally representative of the nation. We replicated and extended this NZ = bicultural effect in a small online national sample of Māori and NZ Europeans. The NZ European majority showed a consistent NZ = bicultural effect. Māori, in contrast, showed an automatic ingroup NZ = Māori effect. These results are contrary to predictions derived from Social Identity Theory and System Justification Theory, and instead seem more consistent with a model incorporating the pervasive effects of culture-specific symbols on automatic representations of the national category.

• Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands,Springer,Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: African Americans / Association Measures / Attitude Measures / Attitudes / Bias / Biculturalism / College students / Comparative Analysis / Cultural Differences / Cultural Influences / Cultures and civilizations / Ethnic differences / Ethnic Groups / Ethnic groups. Acculturation. Cultural identity / Ethnic identity / Ethnicity / European Cultural Groups / Europeans / Foreign Countries / History, theory and methodology / Human Geography / Implicit attitudes / Implicit beliefs / Indigenous peoples / Indigenous Populations / Internet / Justification / Majority Groups / Malayo Polynesian Languages / Maori / Maoris / Methodology / Microeconomics / Minority & ethnic groups / Minority groups / Multiculturalism & pluralism / Māori / National identity / Nationalism / Native peoples / New Zealand / Pacific Islanders / Public Health / Quality of Life Research / Racial Differences / Reaction Time / Resistance (Psychology) / Rugby / Social Identity / Social Indicators / Social psychology / Social representations / Social research / Social Sciences / Social Theories / Sociocultural Patterns / Sociology / Sociometric Techniques / Studies / Symbolism / Symbols / Tests / Undergraduate Students / We they distinction / Whites