Cultural Variation in In-group Bias among Chinese International Students

In-group bias may implicitly affect Chinese international students' social interaction, making it difficult to demonstrate its impact. Thus, this project investigates how in-group bias affects the interactions between Chinese international students and local students. Through a literature review, it is found that people are more likely to discriminate against out-group members than in-group members. To explore the impact of in-group bias, an experiment is designed to measure Chinese students' stress levels when they conduct self-introduction in front of other students. The participants will be divided into three groups with different Chinese to non-Chinese phantom ratios. The participants' stress levels will be assessed through their voice and facial expressions by trained coders. The expected result is that the participants' stress level decreases as the percentage of Chinese phantoms increases.