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.
DOI
10.1006/jesp.1997.1342
Publication Date
1998-01-01
Publication Title
J EXP SOC PSYCHOL
Volume
34
Issue
1
Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
ISSN
0022-1031
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
Keywords
OUT-GROUP HOMOGENEITY, IN-GROUP, SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION, GROUP VARIABILITY, TRAIT JUDGMENTS, ATTRIBUTION, SELF, REPRESENTATION, STEREOTYPES, IMPRESSIONS
First Page
51
Last Page
65
Recommended Citation
Sherman, J., Klein, S., Laskey, A., & Wyer, N. (1998) 'Intergroup bias in group judgment processes: The role of behavioral memories', J EXP SOC PSYCHOL, 34(1), pp. 51-65. ACADEMIC PRESS INC: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1006/jesp.1997.1342
