When 'different' means 'worse': in-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts
By S. Waldzus, A. Mummendey, Michael Wenzel. 2005
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Abstract An 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.
Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science
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- Superordinate identities and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model (2007, background): “In an experimental study, Waldzus, Mummendey, and Wenzel (2005) manipulated the stereotype of Germans by varying the salient comparison outgroup; German participants were asked to compare their ingroup either with Italians or with the British.”