racial bias in perceptions of others’ pain种族偏见的感知别人的痛苦.pdfVIP

Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others’ Pain 1,2 2 3 Sophie Trawalter *, Kelly M. Hoffman , Adam Waytz 1 Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, 2 Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, 3 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America Abstract The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury reports reveal that, relative to injured White players, injured Black players are deemed more likely to play in a subsequent game, possibly because people assume they feel less pain. Experiments 1–4 show that White and Black Americans–including registered nurses and nursing students–assume that Black people feel less pain than do White people. Finally, Experiments 5 and 6 provide evidence that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status, not race per se. Taken together, these data have important implications for understanding race- related biases and healthcare disparities. Citation: Trawalter S, Hoffman KM, Waytz A (2012) Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others’ Pain. PLoS ONE 7(11): e48546. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048546 Editor: Richard Fielding, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Received July 18, 2012; Accepted September 26, 2012; Published November 14, 2012 Copyright: 2012 Trawalter et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of