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The effects of mortality salience on intergroup bias between minimal groups

โœ Scribed by EDDIE HARMON-JONES; JEFF GREENBERG; SHELDON SOLOMON; LINDA SIMON

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
281 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0046-2772

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โœฆ Synopsis

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. Results supported the hypothesis.

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