The Relationships between Motivations of Intergroup Differentiation as a Function of Different Dimensions of Social Identity

Taşdemir, Nagihan

doi:10.1037/a0022816

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“…Broadly speaking, our results are consistent with social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1986) and support recent efforts to apply that theory to social dilemmas (De Cremer & Van Dijk, 2002; Jackson, 2008; Smith et al, 2003). More specifically, our findings are consistent with recent theoretical and empirical efforts that emphasize different dimensions of group identity (Amiot, & Sansfaçon, 2011; Bhowon & Tseung-Wong, 2004; Cameron, 2004; Jackson & Smith, 1999; Roccas, Sagiv, Schwartz, Halevy, & Eidelson, 2008; Taşdemir, 2011). We found that the affective dimension of group identity (i.e., “group ties”) was especially consequential in predicting cooperative reactions to a social dilemma.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…More specifically, our findings are consistent with recent theoretical and empirical efforts that emphasize different dimensions of group identity (Amiot, & Sansfaçon, 2011;Bhowon & Tseung-Wong, 2004;Cameron, 2004;Jackson & Smith, 1999;Roccas, Sagiv, Schwartz, Halevy, & Eidelson, 2008;Taşdemir, 2011). We found that the affective dimension of group identity (i.e., "group ties") was especially consequential in predicting cooperative reactions to a social dilemma.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Reactions to a social dilemma as a function of intragroup interactions and group performance

Jackson

2012

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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We examined how group performance (success or failure) and intragroup interactions (minimal or favorable) affected responses to a social dilemma. We predicted that group failure would result in less overall cooperation, but that favorable intragroup interactions would buffer this adverse consequence. We further predicted that this buffering effect would be mediated by group identity, which would, in turn, operate through two processes, normative expectations and goal transformation. We experimentally manipulated the extent to which groups ( N = 80 four-person groups) experienced minimal or favorable intragroup interactions and succeeded or failed on an intellective task before facing, as isolated individuals, a social dilemma. Our main hypotheses were supported, and structural equation modeling and analyses of moderated mediation were largely consistent with our theoretical model. The results support a social identity approach to social dilemmas and shed light on the processes involved in intragroup cooperation.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Reactions to a social dilemma as a function of intragroup interactions and group performance

Jackson

2012

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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“…Further research should also analyze the effects of personal negative feedback to ensure that similar effects would be observed if the individual self were directly (albeit subtly) threatened (Ellemers et al., ; Gaertner et al., ; Taşdemir, ). Because people would then be more personally involved, the effects should be stronger if participants receive direct feedback regarding their own performance (Gaertner et al., ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Subtly offending feedback

Krings

Jacobshagen

Semmer

2014

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Providing acceptable negative feedback is difficult because it may threaten the receiver's self-esteem. Studies have established that destructive feedback elicits stronger negative reactions than constructive feedback. However, these destructive conditions were quite strong, implying a clear threat to the self. Because of the importance of protecting one's self-concept, negative evaluations might be provoked by more subtle cues. Such cues should also be detected by observers.We developed three variants of subtly offending feedback in which mistakes appeared disproportionately serious. In an experimental pilot study, 132 student observers judged the fairness of feedback given to another student. The subtly offending conditions were evaluated as less fair than constructive feedback but as more fair than destructive feedback.

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“…If people are motivated to differentiate between groups, generating positive identity from positive distinctiveness vis a vis an outgroup, then they are more likely to define defunding in opposing ways and be strongly for or against the idea according to their group positions (Fine & Del Toro, 2022). If stances on the defund issue become caught up in intergroup dynamics, a site of contestation used to help define in-and out-group categories, then aiming for a positive sense of in-group distinctiveness (intergroup differentiation that enhances self-esteem) may lead people who identify with the police to 'push back' against BLM (and consistent with this, oppose defunding the police) while people who identify with BLM may 'push back' against police (and consistent with this, support defunding), with these stances taken at least in part because conflicting viewpoints represent conflicting groups (Sherif, 1966;Taşdemir, 2011). It was hypothesized that:…”

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Social Identity and Support for Defunding the Police in the Aftermath of George Floyd’s Murder

Jackson¹,

Fine²,

Bradford³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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In the spring and summer of 2020, police in the U.S. killed Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other unarmed people of colors. Thousands across the country engaged in public protests and called to defund or abolish the police, constituting one of the largest social movements in the nation’s history. Public views on the Black Lives Matter movement are polarized along traditional political lines, and although scholars are beginning to study this phenomenon, surprisingly little empirical research has considered social identity and intergroup relations between the police and policed. This leaves a critical question largely unanswered: what roles do different types of social identification and different dimensions of justice perceptions play in explaining public attitudes towards police reform in general, and public attitudes towards defunding the police in particular? The current study builds on the group engagement model and work on public attitudes towards police activity and violence to examine the roles of social identity, inter-group relations, and perceptions of police fairness. Analyzing data from a cross-sectional quota sample survey of 1,500 U.S. residents conducted in summer 2020, our findings support the proposition that, at least at the moment just after the murder of George Floyd, support for defunding the police was related to not only political views and superordinate identification with the group that the police proto-typically represent, but also inter-group identification with the police and the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as people’s perceptions of procedural justice and the under- and over-policing of Black communities.

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The Relationships between Motivations of Intergroup Differentiation as a Function of Different Dimensions of Social Identity

Cited by 8 publications

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Reactions to a social dilemma as a function of intragroup interactions and group performance

Reactions to a social dilemma as a function of intragroup interactions and group performance

Subtly offending feedback

Social Identity and Support for Defunding the Police in the Aftermath of George Floyd’s Murder

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