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Men's and women's attributions of male and female traits to the ingroup and outgroup
Author(s) -
MassonMaret Hélène,
Beauvois JeanLéon
Publication year - 1999
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(199906)29:4<551::aid-ejsp955>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - outgroup , ingroups and outgroups , psychology , attribution , social psychology , developmental psychology
In two experiments using the minimal group paradigm, subjects had to describe an ingroup member and an outgroup member on the BSRI. Although the targets were not categorized by sex, the results showed that the typical ingroup member was described by men as having more male traits and by women as having more female traits. They also showed that the lesser worth of outgroup members was associated for men with fewer male and female traits, whereas for women it was mainly associated with fewer female traits. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.