BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131738 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Social Psychology Papers V: Social Issues PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200618T093000 DTEND:20200618T105000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:CHAIR: HAILEY HOLT

9:30am - 9:45am
UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MORAL COURAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
HAILEY L HOLT, HUI YU, FANLI JIA (SETON HALL UNIVERSITY)
In the present study, we examined the relationship between moral courage and environmentalism in a community sample. We found individuals scored higher in environmental identity and environmental involvement when they showed moral courage (feeling conflict and frustration about the consequence toward environmental issues) than individuals who did not show a sign of moral courage. The study suggests that fostering moral courage that is associated with environmental issues appears to be effective and promising.

9:50am - 10:05am
URBAN AND SUBURBAN: IMMIGRATION AND SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION
DAVID CAICEDO (CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), VIVIENNE BADAAN (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)
This study examined the influence of immigration-related social labels and political ideology on attitudes towards unauthorized immigrants/immigration. Participants from two community colleges in New York and New Jersey (n= 744) were randomly assigned to a social label condition (exposure to “illegal” or “undocumented”, embedded within an attitude scale), followed by the General System Justification scale. Results demonstrated that whereas social labels did not have a significant influence on attitudes, college community and political ideology did.

10:10am - 10:25am
ATTITUDINAL PREDICTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF RACIAL PROFILING
SAMANTHA SUTTON, SARAH TRIFARI, LAUREN MCDOWELL, JUDITH PLATANIA (ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY)
In the current study we investigate individual difference factors that may explain attitudes towards racial profiling in a civil context. A series of individual difference measures were administered to a sample of community members in order to determine their predictive ability in the context of racial profiling. Legal cynicism, everyday discrimination, attributional complexity, and racism emerged as significant predictors of a context-specific racial incident. Our findings suggest the need to explore how these factors function.

10:30am - 10:45am
REDUCING AGEISM BY FACILITATING INTERGENERATIONAL CONTACT AND PROVIDING AGING EDUCATION: AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF THE PEACE MODEL
ASHLEY LYTLE (STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
Utilizing the PEACE (Positive Education about Aging and Contact Experiences) model as a theoretical foundation, Instapals was a novel pilot ageism reduction intervention that: 1) provided aging education to undergraduate students in a non-gerontology course and 2) facilitated intergenerational contact. Over the course of a semester, participants reported a significant decrease in aging anxiety, psychological concerns about aging, and negative stereotyping of older adults. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR