Social identity complexity and prejudice: The moderating role of motivation to respond without prejudice

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Kottke ◽  
Lisa Molix
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Identity Complexity ◽  
Social Identity Complexity ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Inclusive and exclusive beneficiary attributions: The role of social identity complexity in interpretations of and punishment for dissent

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843022110194
Author(s):  
Sonia Roccas ◽  
Adi Amit ◽  
Shani Oppenheim-Weller ◽  
Osnat Hazan ◽  
Lilach Sagiv
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Moral Judgements ◽  
Identity Complexity ◽  
Social Identity Complexity

We suggest that intentionality attributed to dissenting behavior in intergroup contexts (e.g., exposing one’s country’s secrets) may be conceptualized as benefitting one of four social circles. Two social circles exclude the perceiver: (a) the actor him/herself and (b) the outgroup affected by the behavior; and two circles include the perceiver: (c) the ingroup of both the perceiver and the actor and (d) humanity as the ultimate collective including both ingroup and outgroup. We further suggest that adopting different beneficiary attributions depends on the perceivers’ social identity complexity (Roccas & Brewer, 2002), which refers to an individual’s representation of their multiple social identities on a continuum from highly overlapping to highly differentiated (i.e., simple vs. complex social identity). Perceivers are more likely to attribute dissent behavior to social circles that exclude (rather than include) themselves the simpler their social identity; such exclusive attributions lead to harsher moral judgements, expressed as punitiveness.

scholarly journals Stimulating interethnic contact in Kosovo: The role of social identity complexity and distinctiveness threat

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1039-1058
Author(s):  
Edona Maloku ◽  
Belle Derks ◽  
Colette van Laar ◽  
Naomi Ellemers
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Prejudice Reduction ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Identity Complexity ◽  
Social Identity Complexity ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
The Relationship

The positive effects of intergroup contact on prejudice reduction have been widely validated by now. However, the potential of contact for intergroup relations is only available when there is readiness to have contact with outgroup members to begin with. In two correlational studies with the main ethnic groups in postconflict Kosovo, Albanian majority (Study 1, N = 221) and Serb minority (Study 2, N = 110), we examine how social identity complexity mechanism and distinctiveness threat contribute to predicting more readiness to have contact with outgroup members. As the establishment of a new national identity unfolds, we show that while there are different processes that work for each of the groups, distinctiveness threat is a central concern to both as it mediates the relationship between identity and intergroup outcomes. For the Albanian majority group, having more complex identities (or perceiving less identity overlap between national and ethnic identity) predicts more readiness to have contact and feeling more positively towards members of the outgroup via reduced distinctiveness threat. For the Serb minority, however, threat is predicted only by strength of ethnic identification, which in turn predicts negative feelings towards members of the ethnic outgroup and less readiness to contact them. We conclude by comparing results for the majority and the minority groups and discuss strategies needed to reduce threat and improve intergroup relations in this segregated context struggling for reconciliation.

scholarly journals A social identity complexity theory reading of Philemon

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus Kok ◽  
Ilse Swart
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Identity Complexity ◽  
Social Identity Complexity

This article provides new perspectives on navigating complex social identity in the letter to Philemon by means of the heuristic use of social identity complexity theory (SICT) in combination with socio-rhetorical analysis (SRA). The application of SICT as a heuristic tool in New Testament (NT) studies is relatively new, but it is positioned within the novel research being carried out on social identity theory in the NT.Contribution: This article wants to make a new contribution by illustrating how SICT can help us to think in more nuanced ways about nested identity(s) in Philemon.

scholarly journals Introducing the Sociopolitical Motive × Intergroup Threat Model to Understand How Monoracial Perceivers’ Sociopolitical Motives Influence Their Categorization of Multiracial People

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold K. Ho ◽  
Nour S. Kteily ◽  
Jacqueline M. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Research Area ◽  
System Justification ◽  
Group Status ◽  
Intergroup Threat ◽  
Threat Model ◽  
Racial Categorization ◽  
Moderating Role

Researchers have used social dominance, system justification, authoritarianism, and social identity theories to understand how monoracial perceivers’ sociopolitical motives influence their categorization of multiracial people. The result has been a growing understanding of how particular sociopolitical motives and contexts affect categorization, without a unifying perspective to integrate these insights. We review evidence supporting each theory’s predictions concerning how monoracial perceivers categorize multiracial people who combine their ingroup with an outgroup, with attention to the moderating role of perceiver group status. We find most studies cannot arbitrate between theories of categorization and reveal additional gaps in the literature. To advance this research area, we introduce the sociopolitical motive × intergroup threat model of racial categorization that (a) clarifies which sociopolitical motives interact with which intergroup threats to predict categorization and (b) highlights the role of perceiver group status. Furthermore, we consider how our model can help understand phenomena beyond multiracial categorization.

scholarly journals Social Identity Complexity Theory as heuristic tool in New Testament Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus Kok
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Identity Complexity ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Social Identity Complexity

In this article the author gives an overview of a relatively new theory in social psychology, namely Social Identity Complexity Theory, and illustrates the heuristic value of the theory for New Testament interpretation. Paul’s letter to the Galatians is taken as a case study to illustrate how the theory could shed new light on the Galatian conflict and on Paul’s social identity complexity, which might have made him a good facilitator of change and reconciliation.

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