- Title
- “They are all alike”: when negative minority outgroups are generalized onto superordinate inclusive outgroups
- Creator
- Albarello, Flavia; Foroni, Francesco; Hewstone, Miles; Rubini, Monica
- Relation
- International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol. 73, p. 59-73
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.08.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Two studies investigated outgroup-to-outgroup generalization, addressing whether members of negatively perceived minority outgroups are perceived as prototypical of larger partially-inclusive outgroups and whether this tendency is enhanced under intergroup threat. Both experimental studies were conducted with Italian undergraduate participants. Experiment 1 (N = 186) tested whether Roma are generalized onto (i.e., perceived as prototypical of) Romanians to a higher extent under intergroup realistic and symbolic threat than under no-threat. It also explored the direction of the phenomenon and its underlying mechanism. Experiment 2 (N = 90) provided additional evidence on the effect of threat on such generalization phenomenon considering a different pair of groups (Islamic terrorists, Arabs) and employing a less blatant measure of generalization. Overall, these studies provided consistent evidence of outgroup-to-outgroup generalization, clarifying the conditions of its occurrence. These results contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon of outgroup-to-outgroup generalization and of its impact on outgroup perception and prejudice.
- Subject
- Outgroup-to-outgroup generalization; intergroup threat; negative minority outgroups; outgroup projection
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1464238
- Identifier
- uon:46941
- Identifier
- ISSN:0147-1767
- Language
- eng
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