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GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 377-400Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206064640
Keywords
group perception; group variability; heterogeneity; homogeneity; in-group homogeneity; ingroup homogeneity; intergroup perception; outgroup homogeneity; out-group homogeneity; power; status
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Status and power covary such that higher status groups are typically higher power groups. This research explored the effect of status on intergroup perception controlling for power. Experiment 1 manipulated the relative status of social groups and explicitly provided the groups equal power. Experiment 2 manipulated status and power orthogonally. Multiple measures yielded consistent patterns indicating that status affected perceived group centrality and variability independent of power. The patterns were consistent with a strategic intergroup comparison account as suggested by social identity theory. Specifically. (lie effect of status on intergroup perception varied with the relevance and valence of the dimension of comparison in a manner that balanced social reality with a positive social identity.
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