When “different” means “worse”: In-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts |
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Authors: | Sven Waldzus Amélie Mummendey |
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Institution: | a Deparamento de Psicologia Social e das Organizações, ISCTE, Av. Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal b Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany c Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
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Abstract: | An experiment with 213 participants provided evidence for in-group projection—the generalization of distinctive in-group attributes to a superordinate category. The frame of reference for in-group (German) judgments was manipulated by presenting either Italians or the British as an out-group. Results showed that attributes on which Germans differed from each out-group were accentuated not only in in-group judgments but also when judging Europeans. By adapting features of the superordinate category to those of the in-group, the in-group's similarity to, and the out-group's deviation from, the prototype of the superordinate category were maintained, if not emphasized. Further, higher in-group prototypicality—compared to out-group prototypicality—for the superordinate category was related to negative out-group attitudes. In-group projection was reduced when a complex representation of the superordinate category was primed. |
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Keywords: | In-group projection Relative prototypicality Superordinate category Intergroup relations |
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