In-group identification as a function of depersonalization, distinctiveness,and status

Article Abstract:

The interaction between depersonalization, or loss of distinctiveness,and in-group size and status as determinants of in-group identification is examined. Depersonalization is shown to have moderating effects on in-group size and status. Under conditions of no depersonalization, group status and majority size are found to contribute to positive valuations of the in-group. However, under depersonalization conditions, minority group affiliation is apparently more valued than majority membership and the effect of status was eliminated.

Social status, Group identity, Social identity, Depersonalization

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Blind to object changes: when learning the same object at different levels of categorization modifies its perception

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to analyze the hypothesis that the nature of categorization can influence the perceived properties of an identical distal object. Two change-detection experiments were carried out. Results indicated that the acquisition of category expertise at the subordinate level is similar to the acquisition of perceptual expertise. Findings also showed a change in the representation of identical objects because the change-detection paradigm probed the perception of the objections.

Categorization (Psychology), Perceptual learning

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The distinctiveness effect in social categorization: you are what makes you unusual

Article Abstract:

Studies on the implications of the distinctiveness effect to understand social categorizing indicate that taking a solo status in a group increases the chance of a person being seen in terms of a stereotype. The results confirm the hypothesis that people linked targets more with their distinctive straits than to the non-distinctive traits. People sharing distinctive traits were seen as more similar than others.

Analysis, Usage, Observations, Identity, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology), Individual differences, Individual differences (Psychology), Social choice

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