The impact of personal gains and losses on social identification processes /
applied, wherein the four participants were divided
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | applied, wherein the four participants were divided benefit (gain) and discrimination (loss) in a group efforts). The other two individuals were told that the framework of social issues and possibilities for future research. gain situation, the individual was led to believe that given the money and two were told they would not be given the money. Of each pair, one was informed that group to participate in a series of tasks. After being group. However, those who are affected either have more positive impressions of the group, and that identity Implications of these results are discussed in the incentive hanging in the balance. At the conclusion of individual was losing or gaining solely because of her into separate rooms, each given a different level of membership will have less favorable impressions of the of the hour, participants developed a sense of group often transfer these feelings to the group. or his membership in the group). Results support the outcome was due to group-level causes,(e.g., the paradigm, participants were assigned to a four-member positively or negatively for individual reasons will prediction that those who benefit for group reasons psychological principles to study individual-level setting. Using a variation of the minimal group she or he benefited because of her or his own that they may have "held the group back,'' and in the the loss situation, the participant was led to believe the manipulation. Two were told that they would be the series of tasks, a 2 x 2 factorial design was this outcome was due to individual reasons (e.g., in This thesis integrates a number of social ge Micrographics. those who are discriminated against because of group through working on these tasks with the monetary told they had a chance to make extra money at the end would |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Psychology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 49 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 36-39. |