The Cortisol Response to Anticipated Intergroup Interactions Predicts Self-Reported Prejudice
Figure 1
Subtle and blatant prejudice as a function of cortisol elevation.
Lines indicate the direction of the relation between cortisol and self-reported prejudice. In both panels, solid lines represent the statistically reliable relation between cortisol (due to an anticipated interaction with an out-group member dissimilar to the self), and subtle and blatant prejudice, respectively.