Self-activation and out-group contrast.
It has been suggested that higher in-group identifiers primed with an out-group stereotype show contrastive behavioral responses because they activate the in-group, social-self. However, priming the personal-self can lead to contrastive judgments. We investigated whether personal self-activation was also evident for higher identifiers primed with an out-group. An experiment demonstrated that higher identifiers primed with an out-group showed faster responses to self-words than higher identifiers primed with the in-group. This findings suggest that the personal-self is also activated for higher identifiers primed with an out-group, and this self-activation may underlie their contrastive responding.
Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Natalie.Hall@reading.ac.uk
Natalie R
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Hall
Richard J
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D055815:Young Adult