The Beneficial Role of Multiple Categorization and Intergroup Contact in Reducing Linguistic Out-Group Derogation

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Menegatti

Moscatelli

et al. 2019

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The present research investigated the spontaneous reference to the criteria of competence, morality, and sociability in descriptions made by professional committees evaluating female and male employees’ work performance. We examined whether professional committees used different criteria in their performance appraisal of male and female employees and how gender of committee members influences this outcome. The evidence showed that men were primarily evaluated on the basis of their competence, while women were evaluated on the basis of their performance in all the three (evaluative) criteria. Interestingly, using mixed compared with same gender committee members resulted in higher use of competence-related terms rather than sociability and morality ones, regardless of gender of employees. Overall, the evidence reveals that mixed-gender committees provide similar appraisals of male and female employees based on competence, suggesting that they might be an effective way to reduce gender bias in the performance appraisals.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Mixed-Gender Committees Less Biased Toward Female and Male Candidates? An Investigation of Competence-, Morality-, and Sociability-Related Terms in Performance Appraisal

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Menegatti

Moscatelli

et al. 2019

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“…Social integration and openness to change are predicted by the perception of the complexity of the self in terms of rrelationships among his or her multiple group identities (Roccas & Brewer, 2002). Similarly, increasing complexity of others through multiple and counter-stereotypical categorization can reduce dehumanization of them (Albarello & Rubini, 2012;Prati, Crisp, Meleady & Rubini, 2016) and enhance positive behavioral intentions (Prati, Crisp, Pratto & Rubini, 2016;Prati, Menegatti & Rubini, 2015).…”

Section: Implications For Theory and Research On Cognitive Complexitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceiving mixed valence emotions reduces intergroup dehumanisation

Giner‐Sorolla

2017

Cognition and Emotion

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To deny others' humanity is one of the most heinous forms of intergroup prejudice. Given evidence that perceiving various forms of complexity in outgroup members reduces intergroup prejudice, we investigated across three experiments whether the novel dimension of emotional complexity, or outgroup members' joint experience of mixed-valence emotions, would also reduce their dehumanisation. Experiment 1 found that perceiving fictitious aliens' experience of the same primary emotions (e.g. sadness) presented in mixed vs. non-mixed valence pairs led to reduced prejudice via attenuated dehumanisation, i.e. attribution of uniquely human emotions. Experiment 2 confirmed these results, using an unfamiliar real-world group as an outgroup target. Experiment 3 used a familiar outgroup and found generally similar effects, reducing social distance through reduced dehumanisation. These processes suggest that an alternate route to reduced dehumanising of outgroups might involve presenting mixed valence emotions.

“…The same occurs using implicit evaluations (Crisp, Stone, & Hall, 2006) and measures of stereotype threat (Rosenthal & Crisp, 2006; Rosenthal, Crisp, & Suen, 2007). Multiple categorization has even been shown to attenuate linguistic discrimination of outgroup members (Prati, Menegatti, & Rubini, 2015; Rubini, Moscatelli, & Palmonari, 2007). When immigrants were presented as having multiple affiliations, negative terms used to describe them were even more concrete that positive terms suggesting that linguistic discrimination conveyed by language abstraction disappeared.…”

Section: Multiple Categorizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Crisp

Pratto

et al. 2016

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Health disparities between groups remain even after accounting for established causes such as structural and economic factors. The present research tested, for the first time, whether multiple social categorization processes can explain enhanced support for immigrant health (measured by respondents' behavioral intention to support immigrants' vaccination from A H1N1disease by cutting regional public funds). Moreover, the mediating role of individualization and the moderating role of social identity complexity were tested. Findings showed that multiple versus single categorization of immigrants lead to support their right to health and confirmed the moderated mediation hypothesis. The potential in developing this sort of social cognitive intervention to address health disparities is discussed.