A gentle reminder that mean does not imply modal behavior : Few are in-group biased in minimal groups

© 2020 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology published by Scandinavian Psychological Associations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

Previous research reports that people organized into newly formed, arbitrary groups (i.e., minimal groups) are on average in-group biased. However, that people on average behave in a certain way does not imply that most people behave that way. Here, I report four studies (n = 224) demonstrating in-group biased average behaviors driven by a minority of about 30% participants. Further, only 14% reported allocating resources in a group-biased manner because they "favored the in-group." I investigate and discuss how methodological issues related to non-normally distributed data, not taking participants' intentions into account, and using fixed response matrices can lead to overestimations of how widespread in-group bias is in minimal groups.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Scandinavian journal of psychology - 61(2020), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 794-802

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sand, Anders [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Discrimination
Group processes
Intergroup processes
Journal Article
Social identity

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Date Completed 19.04.2021

Date Revised 19.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/sjop.12662

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31244950X