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Categorical differentiation and intergroup relationships
Author(s) -
Capozza Dora,
Volpato Chiara
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1990.tb00890.x
Subject(s) - categorization , salience (neuroscience) , psychology , categorical variable , social psychology , social category , social identity theory , context (archaeology) , social group , differentiation , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , linguistics , sociology , paleontology , philosophy , machine learning , computer science , biology , social science
In this study we attempted to replicate the well‐known Doise & Sinclair (1973) procedure for manipulating category salience, in a different social context. We considered the relationship between two groups of professionals: doctors and nurses, as perceived by 40 members of the superior group. The results did not confirm those obtained by Doise & Sinclair since they showed reduced categorical differentiation when the out‐group was evoked in advance of the intergroup evaluations. The implications of these findings for theories of social categorization and social identity are discussed.