Assimilation and differentiation needs as motivational determinants of perceived in-group and out-group homogeneity

By Cynthia Pickett, M. Brewer. 2001

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Unique like everybody else? The dual role of consumers' need for uniqueness (2008, background): “In line with Brewer’s (1991) Optimal Distinctiveness Theory (ODT), the two studies confirmed the idea that individuals’ consumption behavior is driven by two competing needs: the need for assimilation (NFA) and the need for differentiation (NFD) (Brewer, 1991, 1993; Pickett & Brewer, 2001).”
Inclusion and Diversity in Work Groups: A Review and Model for Future Research (2011, background): “Although this concept has garnered increased attention in recent years, as yet, inclusion remains a new concept without consensus on the nature of this construct or its theoretical underpinnings.”
The Impact of Assimilation and Differentiation Needs on Perceived Group Importance and Judgments of Ingroup Size (2002, background): “Arousal of the need for assimilation appears to lead to responses that either increase the number of similar others (Simon et al., 1997) or enhance intragroup similarity and coherence (Pickett & Brewer, 2001; Pickett et al., in press).”
Gender Stereotypes and Women's Reports of Liking and Ability in Traditionally Masculine and Feminine Occupations (2008, methodology): “The scale has been used in previous self-stereotyping research to measure identification with a variety of groups and has demonstrated acceptable reliability (Pickett & Brewer, 2001; Pickett et al., 2002).”
Group Faultlines (2012, background): “Polzer et al. (2006) found that active faultlines were triggered when virtual teams experienced difficulties finding a common time to communicate because of time zone differences.”
Birds of a feather don't always flock together: Identity management in entrepreneurship (2009, background): “Specifically in the case of Optimal Distinctiveness Theory, both experimental (Pickett and Brewer, 2001) and survey-based (Van Hiel and Mervielde, 2004) designs have been employed to investigate the tradeoff between distinctiveness, belonging, and psychological well-being and have been found to be v”
Building Member Attachment in Online Communities: Applying Theories of Group Identity and Interpersonal Bonds (2012, background): “Pickett and Brewer (2001) argue that a feeling of being connected to an in-group occurs " to the extent that one is similar to the group prototype and all group members are perceived as similar to each other " (p. 342).”