When different means worse: In-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts

dc.contributor.authorWenzel, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMummendey, Amelie
dc.contributor.authorWaldzus, Sven
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:04:16Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T07:54:34Z
dc.description.abstractAn experiment with 213 participants provided evidence for in-group projection-the generalization of distinctive in-group attributes to a superordinate category. The frame of reference for in-group (German) judgments was manipulated by presenting either Italians or the British as an out-group. Results showed that attributes on which Germans differed from each out-group were accentuated not only in in-group judgments but also when judging Europeans. By adapting features of the superordinate category to those of the in-group, the in-group's similarity to, and the out-group's deviation from, the prototype of the superordinate category were maintained, if not emphasized. Further, higher in-group prototypicality-compared to out-group prototypicality-for the superordinate category was related to negative out-group attitudes. In-group projection was reduced when a complex representation of the superordinate category was primed.
dc.identifier.issn0022-1031
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/85291
dc.publisherAcademic Press
dc.sourceJournal of Experimental Social Psychology
dc.subjectKeywords: In-group projection; Intergroup relations; Relative prototypicality; Superordinate category
dc.titleWhen different means worse: In-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage83
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage76
local.contributor.affiliationWenzel, Michael, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationMummendey, Amelie, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
local.contributor.affiliationWaldzus, Sven, ISCTE/University of Jena
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidWenzel, Michael, u4002895
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor170199 - Psychology not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub13622
local.identifier.citationvolume41
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jesp.2004.05.006
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-10944247541
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByMigrated
local.type.statusPublished Version

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