Abstract

This study considers the role of moral foundations in the formation and perpetuation of Americans’ stereotypes of immigrants and refugees. The results of two content analyses and an inductive thematic analysis of open-ended data show that American respondents hold different stereotypes of immigrants and refugees. Refugees were described using language relates to the care/harm moral foundation, while immigrants were described in terms of loyalty/betrayal. These findings illustrate that stereotypes are communicated through moral language—a process that encourages schema formation based on morally driven, group-based perceptions of immigrants and refugees.

摘要

这项研究考虑了道德基础在美国人对移民和难民的刻板印象的形成和延续中的作用。两项内容分析和一项对开放式数据的归纳主题分析的结果表明，美国受访者对移民和难民持有不同的刻板印象。难民被描述使用与关怀/伤害道德基础相关的语言，而移民被描述为忠诚/背叛。这些发现表明，刻板印象是通过道德语言传达的——这一过程鼓励基于道德驱动的、基于群体的对移民和难民的看法形成图式。