Shall I compare thee? Perceived entitativity and ease of comparison

Article Abstract:

A study is conducted to find that the ease with which two group members are compared on an explicit comparison task would vary depending on the entitativity of the group to which the individuals belonged. The study showed greater comparison and subsequent contrast for high entitativity groups and less contrast for low-entitativity groups.

Variability (Psychometrics)

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The renegotiation of social identities in response to a threat to self-evaluation maintenance

Article Abstract:

The manner in which perception of a threat to self-evaluation brings about a strategic re-negotiation of social identities is examined. Results indicate the felicity with which individuals are able to alter their self-categorization and the importance of the role played by self-evaluation in identity selection.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, Self-perception, Group identity, Social identity, Self-evaluation, Self evaluation, Self perception

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When mutations meet motivations: attitude biases in counterfactual thought

Article Abstract:

Studies indicate that the attitudes can bias the content of counterfactual thoughts, and that the biased thoughts in turn predict polarized attitudes. However, the biased counterfactual thoughts reinforce existing attitudes by altering judgments of future likelihood.

Attitudes, Attribution (Social psychology), Attribution (Psychology), Counterfactuals (Logic), Attitude (Psychology)

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