Resumen de Correction to “Tell it like it is: When politically incorrect language promotes authenticity” by Rosenblum et al. (2020).
Reports an error in "Tell it like it is: When politically incorrect language promotes authenticity" by Michael Rosenblum, Juliana Schroeder and Francesca Gino (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2020[Jul], Vol 119[1], 75-103). In the original article, the sample size in the abstract and in the third sentence of the General Discussion section has been corrected to N = 4,922. The Open Science Framework URL for the preregistered hypothesis and analysis plan for Experiment 2 is now available at https://osf.io/8m7sv. The Open Science Framework URL for the preregistered hypothesis and analysis plan for Experiment 3 is now available at https://osf.io/g2ms4. The Open Science Framework URL for the preregistered hypothesis and analysis plan for Experiment 4 is now available at https://osf.io/j3d95/. Data in the Impression measures subsection in Experiment 4 have been updated. The Open Science Framework URL for the preregistered hypothesis and analysis plan for Experiment 6 is now available at https://osf.io/ f5sc4/. Data in the Participants subsection in Experiment 6 have been updated. Data throughout the Results subsection of Experiment 6 have been updated. Figures 7 and 8 have been updated. Data in Footnote 18 have been updated. The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2019-46162-001.) When a person’s language appears to be political—such as being politically correct or incorrect—it can influence fundamental impressions of him or her. Political correctness is “using language or behavior to seem sensitive to others’ feelings, especially those others who seem socially disadvantaged.” One pilot study, 6 experiments, and 3 supplemental experiments (N = 4,922) demonstrate that being politically incorrect makes communicators appear more authentic—specifically, less susceptible to external influence—albeit also less warm. These effects, however, are moderated by perceivers’ political ideology and how sympathetic perceivers feel toward the target group being labeled politically correctly. In Experiments 1, 2, and 3 using politically incorrect language (e.g., calling undocumented immigrants illegals) made a communicator appear particularly authentic among conservative perceivers but particularly cold among liberal perceivers. However, in Experiment 4 these effects reversed when conservatives felt sympathetic toward the group that was being labeled politically correctly or incorrectly (e.g., calling poor Whites white trash). Experiment 5 tests why political incorrectness can boost authenticity, demonstrating that it makes communicators seem less strategic. Finally, Experiment 6 examines the use of political language in a meaningful field context: perceived persuasion in real political debates. Debaters instructed to be politically correct (vs. politically incorrect) were judged by their uninstructed conversation partners to be easier to persuade during the conversation, although they actually reported being similarly persuaded. Together, these findings demonstrate when and how using politically incorrect language can enhance a person’s authenticity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
