Intergroup differentiation: Stereotyping as a function of status hierarchy

Nick  Hopkins; Carolyn Rae

doi:10.1080/00224540109600554

Intergroup differentiation: Stereotyping as a function of status hierarchy

Nick Hopkins
, Carolyn Rae

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The authors explored how negative intergroup comparisons affect intergroup differentiation. More specifically, they tested the prediction that the in-group's negative intergroup comparisons with a high-status group would result in more negative stereotyping of a lower status out-group. The authors elicited stereotypes of a lower status university in 2 conditions. In the Ist, the participants judged only the middle-ranking university in-group and a lower status university. In the 2nd, those judgments followed comparison with a higher status university. In the 2nd condition, there was an increased differentiation between the in-group and the lower status out-group because of the more negative stereotyping of the lower status out-group. This evidence of intergroup differentiation was found only on the dimension judged most important and along which the ingroup was negatively compared with the higher status group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	323-333
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Social Psychology
Volume	141
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00224540109600554
Publication status	Published - Jun 2001

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