Self-stereotyping and social context: the effects of relative in-group size and in-group status.
In 2 laboratory experiments, the tendency to stereotype oneself in terms of one's group membership as a function of the social context was examined. Experiment 1 examined the effects of relative in-group size on self-stereotyping. The results confirmed the prediction that minority members are more likely than majority members to stereotype themselves. Experiment 2 examined the interactive impact of relative in-group size and in-group status. As predicted, a high (relative to a low) status of the in-group increased self-stereotyping primarily for minority members, but not for majority members. Moreover, analyses of the differences in perceived in-group and out-group homogeneity suggest that the in-group homogeneity effect should also be interpreted in terms of self-stereotyping processes. Finally, the interplay between cognitive and motivational determinants of self-stereotyping is discussed as well as a possible distinction between self-stereotyping effects on individual level versus group level self-representations.
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Psychologisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013240:Stereotyping