Cognitive components of ingroup projection. Prototype projection contributes to biased prototypicality judgments in group perception.

Autor/inn/en	Machunsky, Maya; Meiser, Thorsten
Titel	Cognitive components of ingroup projection. Prototype projection contributes to biased prototypicality judgments in group perception.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 45 (2014) 1, S. 15-30Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000156
Schlagwörter	Gruppenidentität; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Sozialer Vergleich; Vorurteil; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Klassifikation
Abstract	Investigated whether an ingroup's tendency to perceive itself as more prototypical than an outgroup results from a prototype- vs exemplar-based mental representation of social categories, rather than from ingroup membership per se. Three experiments with a total sample of 172 college students were conducted. Results from Experiments 1 and 2 showed that a prototype-based group was perceived as more prototypical of a superordinate category than an exemplar-based group. This supports the hypothesis that an intergroup context is not necessary for biased prototypicality judgments. Experiment 3 introduced an intergroup context in a minimal group-like paradigm and also resulted in the ingroup being perceived as more prototypical than the outgroup. In summary, results demonstrated that both the kind of cognitive representation and motivational processes contribute to biased prototypicality judgments in intergroup settings. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2015/3