dc.contributor.author | Grieve, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hogg, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-14T05:24:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-14T05:24:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1552-7433 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/01461672992511002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/118865 | |
dc.description.abstract | Minimal group studies are sometimes interpreted as showing that social categorization per se inevitably produces discrimination. Self-categorization theory clarifies this point, suggesting that a process of self-categorization must occur to transform an external categorization into an internalized representation. Hogg and Abrams suggest that the underlying motive for self-categorization is the reduction of subjective uncertainty. Two minimal group experiments employing different manipulations of uncertainty were conducted in which categorization and subjective uncertainty were manipulated in a 2×2 design. Across both studies, as hypothesized, intergroup discrimination only occurred when participants were categorized under conditions of subjective uncertainty. This was accompanied by enhanced group identification and elevated self-esteem. It is concluded that categorization per se is necessary but not sufficient for discrimination—people must self-categorize, and this is motivated by a need for subjective uncertainty reduction. Discrimination is not an inevitable outcome of categorization. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. | |
dc.publisher.place | USA | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 926 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 940 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 8 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 25 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Cognitive Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1701 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1702 | |
dc.title | Subjective Uncertainty and Intergroup Discrimination in the Minimal Group Situation | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Applied Psychology | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Grieve, Paul | |