Attitudes shape implicit temporal trajectories: A quantitative test of the narrative structure of collective memories of colonialism

IF 1.8 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Social and Political Psychology Pub Date : 2022-03-16 DOI:10.5964/jspp.7587

Simona Lastrego, Charlotte Janssens, O. Klein, Laurent Licata

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Abstract

This article investigates how Belgian participants’ implicit temporal trajectories regarding the history of Belgian colonialism in the Congo vary as a function of their attitudes towards colonialism and thus create different collective memories. We reasoned that, depending on their attitudes towards Belgian colonialism, individuals may draw on different schematic narrative templates to structure their own implicit temporal trajectory of colonial history. Consequently, we predicted that the shape of individual implicit temporal trajectories should vary according to their attitudes. Specifically, we expected that positive attitudes towards colonialism would be associated with implicit temporal trajectories in which the colonial period is seen as more positive than before and after colonialism, creating an inverted U-shaped implicit temporal trajectory, while negative attitudes towards colonialism should be associated with the opposite trend – U-shaped implicit trajectories. We measured the attitudes towards colonialism of Belgian participants (n = 129), then their social representations of three historical periods: before, during and after Belgian colonialism. Overall, results supported these hypotheses. This study complements previous narrative psychology investigations by bringing quantitative evidence according to which collective memories are structured as implicit temporal trajectories that are in line with people’s attitudes.

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态度塑造隐含的时间轨迹:殖民主义集体记忆叙事结构的定量检验

本文调查了比利时参与者关于比利时殖民主义在刚果历史的隐含时间轨迹如何随着他们对殖民主义的态度而变化，从而产生不同的集体记忆。我们推断，根据他们对比利时殖民主义的态度，个人可能会利用不同的示意性叙事模板来构建自己隐含的殖民历史时间轨迹。因此，我们预测个体内隐时间轨迹的形状应该根据他们的态度而变化。具体而言，我们预计对殖民主义的积极态度将与隐含的时间轨迹相关联，在这种轨迹中，殖民时期被视为比殖民主义前后更积极，从而形成一个倒U型的隐含时间轨迹，而对殖民主义的消极态度应该与相反的趋势联系在一起——U型隐含轨迹。我们测量了比利时参与者（n=129）对殖民主义的态度，然后测量了他们对三个历史时期的社会表征：比利时殖民主义之前、期间和之后。总体而言，研究结果支持了这些假设。这项研究补充了之前的叙事心理学研究，提供了定量证据，根据这些证据，集体记忆被构造为符合人们态度的隐含时间轨迹。

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Journal of Social and Political Psychology Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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2.70

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40 weeks

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