dixon
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- Dixon
- Background
- Standard accents are more widely accepted than non-standard accents and associated with intelligence
- Standard English = received pronunciation (RP), not associated with any region
- The Brummie accent is associated with the WC and viewed more negatively than the standard accent
- Context is relevant, so this was investigated with race/type of crime
- Aims
- Test the hypothesis that Brummie accent = higher rating of guilt compared to a control
- See whether race/crime has an impact
- Method
- Lab experiment
- Independent measures design
- Compare Brummie to standard English
- Compare Black to White suspects
- Compare white-collar (cheque fraud) to blue-collar crime (armed robbery)
- Comparisons are the IVs
- DV: ps' attribution of guilt on a 7 point scale (1= innocent) and SEI analysis
- Sample
- Psych students from Worcester Uni
- Had to take part for degree
- 119 white ps', 24m;95f. Mean age 25
- Brum ps' excluded
- Procedure
- Tape recording: 2 min mock interview. Mid 40s police officer. Early 20s suspect with a standard/ Brummie accent pleading innocent.
- Suspect lived all over England so did both accents
- Tapes altered to crime/race
- Rated on a 7 point scale and SEI (superiority/ attractiveness/dynamism)
- Standardised exchange eg. "are you involved in ..." and "suspect is ..."
- Results
- Accent: Brummie rated significantly higher than standard (4.3/7 vs. 3.7/7)
- Race: no significant difference
- Crime: no significant difference
- Black, Brummie, blue-collar received highest guilty rating
- Brummie is low in superiority, this and attractiveness predicted guilt
- Conclusions
- Decisions on guilt may be affected by accent
- No cause and effect on accent and guilty judgement
- Non standard = lower competence rating
- Further work should be done
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