When "different" means "worse": In-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts

Article Abstract:

An experiment with 213 participants provided evidence for in-group projection, the generalization of distinctive in-group attributes to a superordinate category. It was found that higher in-group prototypicality, compared to out-group prototypicality, for the superordinate category was related to negative out-group attitudes.

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Towards tolerance: representations of superordinate categories and perceived ingroup prototypicality

Article Abstract:

Group members tend to perceive their ingroup, relative to an outgroup, as more prototypical of the superordinate category encompassing both groups. Hence, intergroup tolerance must be promoted through the factors that inhibit perception of relative ingroup prototypicality.

Group identity, Social identity, Complexity (Philosophy)

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Inclusion in a superordinate category, in-group prototypicality, and attitudes towards out-groups

Article Abstract:

Intergroup research has shown that out-groups are often evaluated less positively and treated less favorably than in-groups. The study focuses on one of the basic assumptions of the In-group Projection Model that can predict the evaluation of an out-group.

United States, Evaluation, Influence, Attitudes, Group work in research, Group research, Attitude (Psychology)

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