Intergroup differentiation: stereotyping as a function of status hierarchy.
The authors explored how negative intergroup comparisons affect intergroup differentiation. More specifically, they tested the prediction that the in-group's negative intergroup comparisons with a high-status group would result in more negative stereotyping of a lower status out-group. The authors elicited stereotypes of a lower status university in 2 conditions. In the 1st, the participants judged only the middle-ranking university in-group and a lower status university. In the 2nd, those judgments followed comparison with a higher status university. In the 2nd condition, there was an increased differentiation between the in-group and the lower status out-group because of the more negative stereotyping of the lower status out-group. This evidence of intergroup differentiation was found only on the dimension judged most important and along which the in-group was negatively compared with the higher status group.
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Department of Psychology, University of Dundee, Scotland. n.p.hopkins@dundee.ac.uk
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D012923:Social Class; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires