The impact of personal gains and losses on social identification processes /

applied, wherein the four participants were divided

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iuzzini, Jonathan Lawrence
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Description
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
Item Description:"Major subject: Psychology".
Vita.
Physical Description:xii, 49 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 36-39.