- Title
- Group status is related to group prototypicality in the absence of social identity concerns
- Creator
- Rubin, Mark
- Relation
- The Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 152, Issue 3, p. 386-389
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2011.614648
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Based on self-categorization theory, group status should be positively related to group prototypicality when the relevant superordinate category is positively valued. In this case, high-status groups should be perceived to be more prototypical than low-status groups even in the absence of concerns about maintaining a positive social identity. To test this hypothesis, a minimal group study was conducted in which participants (N = 139) did not belong to any of the groups involved. Consistent with predictions, participants perceived high-status groups to be significantly more prototypical than low-status groups. Consistent with self-categorization theory's cognitive analysis, these results demonstrate that the relation between group status and group prototypicality is a relatively basic and pervasive effect that does not depend on social identity motives.
- Subject
- group process; self-categorization; social identity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/930866
- Identifier
- uon:10945
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-4545
- Rights
- This is an electronic version of an article published in The Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 152, Issue 3, p. 386-389. The Journal of Social Psychology is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0022-4545&volume=152&issue=3&spage=386
- Language
- eng
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