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dc.contributor.authorGrieve, P.
dc.contributor.authorHogg, M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-14T05:24:41Z
dc.date.available2020-01-14T05:24:41Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn1552-7433
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/01461672992511002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/118865
dc.description.abstractMinimal 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc.
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom926
dc.relation.ispartofpageto940
dc.relation.ispartofissue8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin
dc.relation.ispartofvolume25
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1702
dc.titleSubjective Uncertainty and Intergroup Discrimination in the Minimal Group Situation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGrieve, Paul


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