Our Flaws Are More Human Than Yours: Ingroup Bias in Humanizing Negative Characteristics  

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Koval, Peter ; Laham, Simon M. ; Haslam, Nick ; Bastian, Brock ; Whelan, Jennifer

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 38 no. 3 (Mar. 2012), page 283-295.
Topik: Humanness; Human Nature; Humanizing; In-group Bias; Flaws
Fulltext: PSPB_38_03_283.pdf (830.34KB)

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Four studies investigated whether people tend to see in-group flaws as part of human nature (HN) to a greater degree than out-group flaws. In Study 1, people preferentially ascribed high HN flaws to their in-group relative to two out-groups. Study 2 demonstrated that flaws were rated higher on HN when attributed to the in-group than when attributed to an out-group, and no such difference occurred for positive traits. Study 3 replicated this humanizing in-group flaws (HIF) effect and showed that it was (a) independent of desirability and (b) specific to the HN sense of humanness. Study 4 replicated the results of Study 3 and demonstrated that the HIF effect is amplified under in-group identity threat. Together, these findings show that people humanize in-group flaws and preferentially ascribe high HN flaws to the in-group. These in-group humanizing biases may serve a group-protective function by mitigating in-group flaws as “only human.”

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