“…To conclude, recent work had already shown that group members strategically manipulate aspects of their social identities when presenting them to an audience. This is true of group attitudes (Reicher & Levine, 1994a, 1994bReicher et al, 1995Reicher et al, , 1998, identi cation (Ellemers, Barreto, & Spears, 1999), in-group bias (Marques, Yzerbyt, & Rijsman, 1988;Noel et al, 1995) and reported level of discrimination towards the out-group (Postmes et al, 1999). Our study suggests that stereotypes should henceforth be added to this list.…”