Prejudice and identification of minority group membership.

Abstract
From a college yearbook, 26 photos were selected to represent a range from extremely Jewish to non-Jewish-looking. 685 Harvard and Radcliffe students were asked to identify the Jewish photos, indicating certainty and the cues utilized. Persons high in anti-Semitism (on the Allport-Kramer scale) identified Jewish faces more accurately and with more confidence, but did not report the use of more cues. They also reported less equal-status and general contact with Jews. A correlation of .55 between anti-Semitism and Catholic-Negro prejudice is interpreted as general bigotry of prejudiced persons, whose feeling of threat arouses vigilance or sensitivity to ethnic characteristics. 17 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)