The Janus face of power in intergroup contexts: a further exploration of the noblesse oblige effect.
The authors examined the impact of power on in-group bias by manipulating group members' power over the in-group and power over the out-group as orthogonal factors. Each factor had 3 levels: 0%, 50%, and 100%. Participants were 216 male pupils (12-13 years old). Participants showed no in-group bias when they had 0% control over the in-group, strong in-group bias with 50% control, but less in-group bias with 100% control. Participants showed more in-group bias when they had 0% control over the out-group than when they had 50% or 100% control. The combination of these 2 main effects resulted in the noblesse oblige effect: Group members with complete control over both in-group and out-group expressed less in-group bias than did group members who shared control with an out-group.
Vanbeselaere
Norbert
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Laboratory of Experimental Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Norbert.Vanbeselaere@psy.kuleuven.be
Boen
Filip
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Van Avermaet
Eddy
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Buelens
Herman
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D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008257:Machiavellianism; D008297:Male; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment