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The effects of mortality salience on intergroup bias between minimal groups
Author(s) -
HARMONJONES EDDIE,
GREENBERG JEFF,
SOLOMON SHELDON,
SIMON LINDA
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199607)26:4<677::aid-ejsp777>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - mortality salience , terror management theory , outgroup , psychology , in group favoritism , ingroups and outgroups , salience (neuroscience) , social psychology , personality , social group , social identity theory , cognitive psychology
We tested the hypothesis, derived from terror management theory, that mortality salience would increase intergroup bias between minimal groups. After assignment to groups, participants wrote about death or a neutral topic, and rated the personality characteristics of the ingroup and outgroup. Results supported the hypothesis.