Perceived Discrimination and

Social Identity
Noah Barnard
  Introduction of topic
 Thesis statement
 Sample overview of research
Schedule  Relation to Biological Psychology
 Relation to Cognitive Psychology
 What’s next?
  Relationship between self-identity and discrimination
 Discrimination spectrum
Topic  Insufficient evidence
Introduction  Revised thesis
  Perceived racial and ethnic discrimination voids individuals of
forming social identities due to a lack of clarity on the
question: Who am I? Well-being and a positive self-identity are
at risk when individuals experience discrimination from people

Thesis outside their in-group.

1) Self-identity
2) Self-concept
3) Self-regulation
  Study 1: (Bernard et al., 2018)
 Aim  association between discrimination, imposter
Sample phenomenon, racial identity

Research 1  Daily life experiences (DLE),Multidimensional inventory of

Black identity (MIBI-S), Clance’s imposter scale (CIPS)
 Findings
  Study 2: (Oldmeadow and Fiske, 2010)
 Aim  Examined high and low status groups in relation to

Sample warmth, competence, and group identification

 Assessments
Research 2  Findings: HS = competence … LS = warmth
 Identities, roles, relationships?
  Review: (Levy et al., 2016)
Discrimination  Aim  Perceived discrimination = leads to stress which
and Biological triggers biological responses

Psychology  Discussion
  Study: Barnes et al., (2012)

Discrimination  Aim  how perceived discrimination effects cognitive function

in African Americans (65+)
and Cognitive  Measures
Psychology  Findings
  Additional research?

What’s Next?  Outreach

 Question(s)?
  Barnes, L. L., Lewis, T. T., Begeny, C. T., Yu, L., Bennett, D. A., & Wilson, R. S. (2012).
Perceived discrimination and cognition in older African Americans. Journal of the
International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 18(5), 856–865.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617712000628

 Bernard, D. L., Hoggard, L. S., & Neblett, E. W., Jr. (2018). Racial discrimination, racial
identity, and impostor phenomenon: A profile approach. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic
Minority Psychology, 24(1), 51-6. doi:http

References
://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.loras.edu/10.1037/cdp0000161

 Levy, D. J., Heissel, J. A., Richeson, J. A., & Adam, E. K. (2016). Psychological and
biological responses to race-based social stress as pathways to disparities in educational
outcomes. American Psychologist, 71(6), 455–473. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0040322

 Oldmeadow, J. A., & Fiske, S. T. (2010). Social status and the pursuit of positive social
identity: Systematic domains of intergroup differentiation and discrimination for high-
and low- status groups. Group processes & intergroup relations : GPIR, 13(4),
10.1177/1368430209355650. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430209355650