Ingroup Bias as a Function of Competition and Race

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6283402
AutoresDalmas A Taylor (Wayne State University), Beatrice F Moriarty (University of Maryland)
Año1987
Volumen31
Número1
Páginas192-199
Fecha de publicación1987-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002787031001011
OpenAlexW2108040367
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas11

The present experiment investigated factors that enhance the salience of group membership and consequent ingroup bias. Subject dyads, who were always white, were either competitive or interdependent with either white or black confederate dyads. Ingroup bias was assessed as a function of attraction toward the outgroup (experimental confederates) relative to the ingroup (naive subjects). The greater the difference between ingroup and outgroup attraction, the greater the ingroup bias. Results demonstrated that ingroup bias was greater when groups were competitive than when they were interdependent, and greater when the outgroup was black than when the outgroup was white. The findings suggest an improved methodology for studying interracial conflict

Cognitive psychology · Group conflict · In-group favoritism · Ingroups and outgroups · Outgroup · Salience (neuroscience · Social group · Social identity theory · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology