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The perception of group variability in a non-minority and a minority context: When adaptation leads to out-group differentiation

Guinote, Ana (2001) The perception of group variability in a non-minority and a minority context: When adaptation leads to out-group differentiation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 40 (Part 1). pp. 117-132. ISSN 0144-6665. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4296)

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Abstract

Minority and non-minority participants (Portuguese living in Germany vs. living in Portugal) completed open-ended measures of in-group and out-group perception. Participants' generated attributes were analysed to assess perceived group variability, complexity of group knowledge, language abstractness, first- or secondhand experience and participants' elaboration. Non-minority members perceived more out-group than in-group homogeneity (the 'outgroup homogeneity effect'), whereas minority members perceived more In-group than out-group homogeneity. This reversed pattern was owing to an increase in out-group differentiation by minority members and not to differences in in-group perception. Moreover, compared to majority members, minority members showed a greater elaboration and based their in-group and out-group knowledge more on personal beliefs derived from first-hand experience. These results are in accord with findings in migration research showing that in order to adapt, migrants develop a differentiated perception of the host culture. Conditions that lead group members to differentiate the out-group are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Rosalind Beeching
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2008 12:11 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4296 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Guinote, Ana.

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