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Sherman, Jeffrey W., Klein, Stanley B., Laskey, Adrienne and Wyer, Natalie A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-976X
(1998)
Intergroup bias in group judgment processes: The role of behavioral memories.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34 (1).
pp. 51-65.
ISSN 0022-1031
Abstract
Two experiments examined the role of memory for behavioral episodes in judgments about in-groups and out-groups. Using a minimal group paradigm, participants read either positive or negative trait-relevant behaviors performed by group members. They then were asked to make judgments about the group's trait characteristics. Results demonstrated that for groups described positively, judgments about the out-group but not the in-group were accomplished by retrieving from memory specific behaviors performed by group members. In contrast, for groups described negatively, judgments about the in-group but not the out-group were accomplished by retrieving specific behaviors performed by group members. These results suggest that basic differences in the way judgments about in-groups and out-groups are made contribute to the establishment and perpetuation of intergroup bias by decreasing the stability of negative in-group and positive out-group impressions and increasing the stability of positive in-group and negative out-group impressions. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Social Cognition Research Group |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2017 01:42 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2023 14:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63043 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/jesp.1997.1342 |
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