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The effects of stress perception due to COVID-19 and category coherence on category-based inductive generalization

코로나-19로 인한 스트레스 지각과 범주 응집성이 범주기반 귀납적 일반화에 미치는 효과

  • Lee, Guk-Hee (Division of General Studies, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Doh, Eun Yeong (Department of Industrial Psychology, Kwangwoon University)
  • 이국희 (경기대학교 교양학부) ;
  • 도은영 (광운대학교 산업심리학과)
  • Received : 2022.09.05
  • Accepted : 2022.09.08
  • Published : 2022.09.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to confirm that the property generalization to social categories with low coherence is stronger when stress due to COVID-19 is perceived as high, compared to when stress is perceived as low. To this end, this study selected categories with high coherence(nun, soldier, flight attendant) and categories with low coherence(wedding planner, interpreter, florist), and recruited 336 participants to perform a category-based inductive generalization task(inferring how many properties repeatedly observed by some category members would appear across all category members), and measured their perceived COVID-19 stress. As a result, this study showed that when the cohesion of social categories is high, the effect of property generalization is stronger than when it is low, and the effect of property generalization is stronger in those who perceive stress due to Corona 19 higher than those who perceive it as low. In addition, this study confirmed that people who perceive COVID-19 stress strongly tend to generalize strongly to properties that are repeatedly observed in the low coherence category. This study is important in that it shows that there is a cognitive mechanism that is at the root of the phenomenon that stereotypes and prejudices deepen and discriminatory behaviors increase after the outbreak of COVID-19, such as COVID-19 stress and the resulting increase in attribute generalization tendency.

본 연구는 코로나-19로 인한 스트레스를 높게 지각할 때, 스트레스를 낮게 지각할 때에 비하여 응집성이 낮은 사회적 범주에 대한 속성 일반화가 강해진다는 것을 확인하기 위해 이루어졌다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 응집성이 높은 범주(수녀, 군인, 비행기승무원)와 낮은 범주(웨딩플래너, 통역사, 플로리스트)를 선정하였고, 336명의 참가자를 모집하여 범주기반 속성 일반화 과제(범주 구성원 몇몇에게 반복 관찰되는 속성이 범주 구성원 전체에서 얼마나 나타날지 추론)를 수행하게 하였으며, 이들이 지각한 코로나-19 스트레스 정도를 측정하였다. 결과적으로, 사회적 범주의 응집성이 높을 때, 낮을 때에 비하여 속성 일반화가 강해지는 효과와 코로나-19로 인한 스트레스를 높게 지각하는 사람들에게서 낮게 지각하는 사람들보다 속성 일반화가 강해지는 효과를 관찰하였다. 더하여 본 연구는 코로나-19 스트레스를 높게 지각하는 사람들은 스트레스를 낮게 지각하는 사람들에 비해, 응집성이 낮은 범주에서도 반복 관찰되는 속성을 강하게 일반화하는 경향이 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 코로나-19 발생 이후 고정관념과 편견이 심화되고, 차별적 행동이 증가하는 현상의 근본에 코로나-19 스트레스와 이로 인한 속성 일반화 경향 증가라는 인지적 기제가 존재함을 보여 준다는 측면에서 중요하다.

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