THE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHIC AND RACIAL CUES ON EVALUATION OF BLAME

This study was designed to test the assumption that a hierarchy of eva luation will exist when multiple-group membership information is provi ded. It was hypothesized that, based on in-group bias, there would be an additive effect of group membership (racial and geographic) informa tion. Results indicated that White northern and southern samples of U. S. student tended to rate a geographically similar yet racially differ ent actor most favorably, Attributionally, the Black actor was consist ently rated as less responsible for his actions than the White actor.