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IS OUTGROUP PREJUDICE FUNDAMENTAL? EXPLORING INTERGROUP BIAS IN THE MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM

McCaslin, Michael John

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Previous research using the minimal group paradigm (MGP) has shown that group categorization per se is sufficient to elicit a preference for one’s ingroup over the outgroup (Tajfel et al., 1971). Social psychologists have generally believed this relative bias to be the result of ingroup favoritism rather than outgroup derogation, but the lack of an appropriate control group in prior studies has made it difficult to definitely determine the direction of bias. Making this methodological adjustment in the current research revealed evidence indicating that explicit (Experiments 1 and 2) and implicit (Experiment 3) intergroup bias are a function of both ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation. In addition, results from Experiments 1 and 2 showed that less favorable outgroup attitudes were most likely to be reported by those low in outgroup identification, a variable that has received relatively little attention in the literature. Together, these findings suggest that outgroup derogation is an important determinant of intergroup attitudes, particularly for certain individuals.
Richard E. Petty (Advisor)
William A. Cunningham (Committee Member)
Russell H. Fazio (Committee Member)
115 p.

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  • McCaslin, M. J. (2010). IS OUTGROUP PREJUDICE FUNDAMENTAL? EXPLORING INTERGROUP BIAS IN THE MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276113619

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCaslin, Michael. IS OUTGROUP PREJUDICE FUNDAMENTAL? EXPLORING INTERGROUP BIAS IN THE MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM. 2010. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276113619.

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  • McCaslin, Michael. "IS OUTGROUP PREJUDICE FUNDAMENTAL? EXPLORING INTERGROUP BIAS IN THE MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276113619

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)