Effects of mortality salience aroused by threats against human identity on intergroup bias

The effects of mortality salience on int

The effects of mortality salience on intergroup bias between minimal groups

✍ EDDIE HARMON-JONES; JEFF GREENBERG; SHELDON SOLOMON; LINDA SIMON 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 281 KB 👁 2 views

We tested the hypothesis, derived from terror management theory, that mortality salience would increase intergroup bias between minimal groups. After assignment to groups, participants wrote about death or a neutral topic, and rated the personality characteristics of the ingroup and outgroup. Result