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dc.contributor.authorHogg, M.
dc.contributor.authorGrieve, P.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-14T05:22:11Z
dc.date.available2020-01-14T05:22:11Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn13672223
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-839X.00027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/118886
dc.description.abstractThe role played by social identity theory in responding to the crisis of confidence in social psychology is described. It is a theory that addresses group processes and intergroup relations by separating and articulating different levels of explanation. Social categorization depersonalizes perception, cognition, affect and conduct in terms of relevant ingroup or outgroup prototypes, and social categorization of self, in conjunction with beliefs about the nature of intergroup relations, is responsible for specific manifestations of group behavior. Social identity theory continues to develop. In this article we focus on the motivational role of subjective uncertainty reduction in social identification – a model is outlined (Hogg & Mullin, 1999), and data from a 2 × 2 minimal group experiment in which categorization and uncertainty were orthogonally manipulated (N = 151) are presented. As predicted, categorization produced discrimination, elevated identification, and reduced uncertainty, but only, or more markedly, under conditions where subjective uncertainty was relatively high.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishers Ltd
dc.publisher.placeOxford
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom79
dc.relation.ispartofpageto93
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsian Journal of Social Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1702
dc.titleSocial Identity Theory and the Crisis of Confidence in Social Psychology: A Commentary, and Some Research on Uncertainty Reduction
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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