Social Judgment of an In-group Member Behaving in a (Non)dissonant Way

IF 2 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Review of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI:10.5334/IRSP.112

Iskra Herak, Marie-Amélie Martinie, Yves Almecija, Rodolphe Kamiejski

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Abstract

We explored participants’ perceptions of a person restoring or maintaining consistency with a clearly indicated in- or out-group status. In our study, participants (French students) had to judge a person freely choosing to behave contrary to or in conformity with initial attitudes. The target changed attitude to reduce dissonance and restore consistency (restoring consistency condition) or kept the attitudinal-behavioral consistency (maintaining consistency condition). The target had either the same nationality as participants (in-group) or a different one (out-group, Eastern European). Perception was then measured through two essential dimensions in social judgment: warmth and competence. We hypothesized that the in-group target restoring consistency would suffer from negative judgments (i.e., black sheep effect), but findings suggest that the inconsistent in-group target was penalized only on the competence dimension. Meanwhile, as hypothesized, participants expressed in-group favouritism toward the in-group target maintaining consistency by ascribing higher warmth and competence compared to all other targets. Results suggest that attitude change as a dissonance reduction mode doesn’t necessarily undermine the global impression, only the perceived competence, while the appreciation of the attitudinal-behavioural consistency of an in-group member encompasses both dimensions.

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群体内成员（非）不和谐行为的社会判断

我们探讨了参与者对一个人恢复或保持与明确表明的组内或组外状态一致性的看法。在我们的研究中，参与者（法国学生）必须判断一个人是否自由选择了与最初态度相反或一致的行为。目标改变态度以减少不和谐并恢复一致性（恢复一致性条件）或保持态度-行为一致性（保持一致性状态）。目标要么与参与者具有相同国籍（组内），要么具有不同国籍（组外，东欧）。然后通过社会判断的两个基本维度来衡量感知：温暖和能力。我们假设团队内目标恢复一致性会受到负面判断（即害群之马效应），但研究结果表明，团队内目标不一致仅在能力维度上受到惩罚。同时，正如假设的那样，与所有其他目标相比，参与者通过赋予更高的热情和能力来保持一致性，从而表达了对组内目标的偏爱。结果表明，作为一种不和谐减少模式的态度变化并不一定会破坏全球印象，只会破坏感知能力，而对团队成员态度行为一致性的评价包括两个方面。

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International Review of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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5.20

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8.00%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Review of Social Psychology (IRSP) is supported by the Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche Internationale en Psychologie Sociale (A.D.R.I.P.S.). The International Review of Social Psychology publishes empirical research and theoretical notes in all areas of social psychology. Articles are written preferably in English but can also be written in French. The journal was created to reflect research advances in a field where theoretical and fundamental questions inevitably convey social significance and implications. It emphasizes scientific quality of its publications in every area of social psychology. Any kind of research can be considered, as long as the results significantly enhance the understanding of a general social psychological phenomenon and the methodology is appropriate.