Polarizing effects of intergroup comparison
โ Scribed by Fraser J. M. Reid
- Book ID
- 102173002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
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โฆ Synopsis
Compared the effect,s of intergroup and within-group comparison on attitudes differentiating two well-defined student groups. Social work students (n = 48) expressed attitudes either before or after estimating ingroup or outgroup (commerce students) norms. Subjects adopted more extreme attitudes following outgroup comparison, but were unaffected by comparison within the group.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The relationship between self-esteem deriving from both personal and social identity and comparisons at both interpersonal and intergroup level was examined. Participants took part in individual and group brainstorming tasks which they later had the opportunity to evaluate. In the case of the indivi