Social creativity strikes back: improving motivated performance of low status group members by valuing ingroup dimensions

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belle Derks ◽  
Colette van Laar ◽  
Naomi Ellemers
Keyword(s):  
Status Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Social Creativity

Managing a Social Identity Threat

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Pagliaro ◽  
Francesca Romana Alparone ◽  
Maria Giuseppina Pacilli ◽  
Angelica Mucchi-Faina
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Identity Threat ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Social Identity Threat ◽  
Social Creativity ◽  
Threatening Situation

We examined how members of a low status group react to a social identity threat. We propose that expressing an ambivalent evaluation toward the ingroup may represent a way to manage such a threatening situation. For this study, 131 undergraduates’ identification with Italians was assessed. Participants were divided into groups, according to a situational identity threat (high vs. low). In line with hypotheses, low identifiers expressed more ambivalence toward the ingroup in the high (vs. low) threat condition. The reversed pattern emerged for high identifiers. This effect was mediated by the perception of intragroup variability, a well-known social creativity strategy. Results confirmed our interpretation of ambivalence as a form of social creativity, and are discussed in terms of social identity concerns.

An exploration of language use by high and low status group members

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Mazambani ◽  
Maria Carlson ◽  
Stephen Reysen
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Group Members

Academic Achievement and Identity of Low Status Group Members

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad A. Johnson ◽  
Justin Aoki ◽  
Justin Wheeler ◽  
Peizhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Group Members

Low-status group members in the intergroup paradigm: Social identity and derogation of the ingroup

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Munhall ◽  
Mark Alicke ◽  
G. Daniel Lassiter ◽  
Amy Rosenblatt ◽  
Leah Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Group Members

scholarly journals In Praise of Irrationality: Self, "East" and "West" in Greek Teachers' Speeches on National Day Commemorations

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucianna Benincasa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
The West ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Social Creativity ◽  
East And West

In this qualitative study of school discourse on national day commemorations, focus is on the "social creativity strategies" through which group members can improve their social identity. Discourse analysis was carried out on thirty-nine teachers' speeches delivered in Greek schools between 1998 and 2004. The speakers scorn rationality and logic, stereotypically attributed to "the West" (a "West" which is perceived not to include Greece), as cold and not human. The Greeks' successful national struggles are presented instead as the result of irrationality. They claim irrationality to be the most human and thus the most valuable quality, which places Greece first in the world hierarchy. The results are further discussed in terms of their implications for learning and teaching in the classroom, as well as for policy and research.

Group status, group bias, and adolescents' reasoning about the treatment of others in school contexts

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey S. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
High Status ◽  
Group Status ◽  
School Contexts ◽  
Status Group ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Social Reference ◽  
Group Members

This study investigated how social group status and group bias are related to adolescents' reasoning about social acceptance. Ninth and eleventh-grade students ( N = 379) were asked to make judgments about the inclusion of individuals in school activities based on their peer crowd membership. The results of the study revealed that both participants' and the targets' social reference group status were related to adolescents' judgments about participation in school activities. Overall, high status group members were chosen more than low status group members to participate in school activities. Adolescents who identified themselves with high status groups, however, were significantly more likely to choose a high status target than adolescents identifying with low status groups or those listing no group at all. Further, these adolescents were more likely than adolescents who identified themselves with low status groups or listed no group to use conventional reasoning and less likely to use moral reasoning when justifying their judgments.

scholarly journals Social Status Affects the Causal Relationship Between Prejudice, Discrimination, Personality, Subjective Well-Being, and Self-Esteem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Valdece Sousa Bastos ◽  
Víthor Rosa Franco ◽  
Annalisa Myer
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
High Status ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination

People who repeatedly experience prejudice and discrimination are at greater risk for developing several negative consequences, such as low self-esteem (SE). However, scholars have not explored the role of social status as an important variable for this relationship, and its consequences. The current study is aimed at investigating the role of status on the relationship between self-perceived prejudice and discrimination (SPPD), subjective well-being (SWB), SE, and the Big-Five. In a Brazilian sample (N = 1,130), we found that social status affects the network structure among low- and high-status group members. We also found that not all causal relations are equal between groups, such that the influence of SPPD, SE, and neuroticism is different depending on participants’ social status. Our results demonstrate the importance of accounting for social status when crafting psychological interventions to mitigate the negative effects of prejudice and discrimination and dismantle systems of oppression for low-status group members.

When status becomes essential: Developmental changes in the expression and consequences of essentialist beliefs about status

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara M Mandalaywala ◽  
Ryan Lei ◽  
Josie Benitez ◽  
Marjorie Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Group Members ◽  
And Behaviors

Beliefs about social status have far-reaching social and psychological implications; therefore, it is critical to understand their development. The present research used a novel groups paradigm to investigate whether children (N=121) and adults (N =89) hold essentialist beliefs about social status (thinking of status as shared among group members, stable, heritable, and derived from intrinsic causes) and whether these beliefs contribute to discrimination and bias toward members of a low-status novel group. Participants endorsed some aspects of status essentialism (viewing status as a group-linked property) but not others (not viewing status as stable, heritable, or inherent). Neither children nor adults displayed a behavioral or affective preference for the higher-status group, or prejudice toward the lower-status group, not even when status was viewed as a group-linked property. This study suggests that more complex and multi-dimensional essentialist beliefs about status might be necessary to engender discriminatory attitudes and behaviors toward lower-status groups.

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