Subjective Uncertainty and Intergroup Discrimination in The Minimal Group Situation  

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Hogg, Michael A. ; Grieve, Paul G.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 25 no. 8 (1999), page 926-940.
Topik: discrimination; minimal group situation; intergroup discrimination; subjective uncertainty
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Minimal group studies are sometimes interepreted 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 -c ategorization 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 2x2 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.

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