Categorical differentiation and intergroup relationships.
In this study we attempted to replicate the well-known Doise & Sinclair (1973) procedure for manipulating category salience, in a different social context. We considered the relationship between two groups of professionals: doctors and nurses, as perceived by 40 members of the superior group. The results did not confirm those obtained by Doise & Sinclair since they showed reduced categorical differentiation when the out-group was evoked in advance of the intergroup evaluations. The implications of these findings for theories of social categorization and social identity are discussed.
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Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Padua, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010551:Personality; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification