Urban district identity as a common ingroup identity: The different role of ingroup prototypicality for minority and majority groups

Ufkes, Elze Gooitzen; Otten, Sabine; Zee, Karen I. van der; Giebels, Ellen; Dovidio, John F.

doi:10.1002/ejsp.1888

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“…As expected, the pattern was reversed for the negatively valued inclusive category. Prototypicality judgments are therefore contextdependent and affected by reality constraints (e.g., Spears, Jetten, & Doosje, 2001;Ufkes et al, 2012). These results replicate, but also go beyond, previous research (Devos & Banaji, 2005;Devos, Gavin, & Quintana, 2010; as they show such constraints for prototypicality also within negative inclusive categories.…”

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Complex inclusive categories of positive and negative valence and prototypicality claims in asymmetric intergroup relations

Alexandre

Waldzus

Wenzel

2016

British J Social Psychol

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Based on the premise that groups' social standing and regard depend on their prototypicality for superordinate categories, minorities can be understood to suffer from the fact that they are considered as less prototypical than majorities. Previous research has shown that complex (vs simple) representations of superordinate categories can reduce majority members' tendency to perceive their ingroup as more prototypical than the outgroup. The current research tested whether such complex representations also increase minorities' own perceived relative ingroup prototypicality (RIP), leading to more balanced prototypicality judgments from both majorities and minorities. In Study 1 (N = 76), an experiment with two artificial groups of unequal status, a complex representation of a superordinate category increased the comparatively low RIP of the lower-status subgroup. Consistently, in Study 2 (N = 192), a correlational study with natural groups, the relation between perceived complexity of the superordinate category and RIP was positive for members of the lower-status group but negative for members of the higher-status comparison group. In Study 3 (N = 160), an experiment with natural groups, a more complex representation of the superordinate category led lower and higher-status groups to perceive greater equality in terms of relative prototypicality not only for a positive but also for a negatively valued superordinate category.These results have important implications for the understanding of social change: As superordinate identity complexity implies that included subgroups are more equally prototypical, it offers a normative alternative that helps minorities to challenge asymmetric status relations vis-à-vis majorities, but also promotes hope that majorities show bipartisanship in supporting such social change.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Complex inclusive categories of positive and negative valence and prototypicality claims in asymmetric intergroup relations

Alexandre

Waldzus

Wenzel

2016

British J Social Psychol

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“…; Ufkes et al. ). This describes how the formation of a common identity decreases prejudices and creates positive feelings toward formerly out‐group members.…”

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“…Ufkes () and Ufkes et al. () did empirical research on neighborhood identity as a common identity for inhabitants with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. He found that people who identify more with the neighborhood had more positive ideas about people from other ethnic groups (Dukes and Musterd ).…”

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Neighborhood and Identity: An Explorative Study of the Local and Ethnic Identities of Young Ethnic Minorities in Belgium

Waerniers

2017

City & Community

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In this paper, a qualitative study is conducted in different neighborhoods in the Belgian city of Ghent to investigate the local attachments of young ethnic minorities and how these are related to ethnic identities. Analysis of the narratives of the young people shows that ethnic and local identities do not have to be mutually exclusive but are in a complex interaction. The first narrative distinguished is characterized by the expression of a strong neighborhood identity along with positive attitudes toward others. A second narrative contains the expression of a strong ethnic identity in the form of ties with a small local ethnic community, accompanied with negative attitudes toward other inhabitants. A third narrative is characterized by the expression of a strong anti‐neighborhood identity and a disconnection of their ethnic identity from the local environment, as a strategy to cope with the bad reputation of the neighborhood.

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“…Previous research has established that identifi cation with a superordinate category only improves minority group members' out-group attitudes when they perceive their group as prototypical for the overarching group (Ufkes, Otten, Van der Zee, Giebels, & Dovidio, 2012 ). Moreover, for Serbs the common in-group may pose threats to the distinctiveness of their ethnic group.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building National Identity in Newborn Kosovo: Challenges of Integrating National Identity with Ethnic Identity Among Kosovar Albanians and Kosovar Serbs

Maloku

Derks

Laar

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Peace Psychology Book Series

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Urban district identity as a common ingroup identity: The different role of ingroup prototypicality for minority and majority groups

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

Complex inclusive categories of positive and negative valence and prototypicality claims in asymmetric intergroup relations

Complex inclusive categories of positive and negative valence and prototypicality claims in asymmetric intergroup relations

Neighborhood and Identity: An Explorative Study of the Local and Ethnic Identities of Young Ethnic Minorities in Belgium

Building National Identity in Newborn Kosovo: Challenges of Integrating National Identity with Ethnic Identity Among Kosovar Albanians and Kosovar Serbs

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