1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Social Psychological Study of the Cognition of Opinion Distributions among In-Group and Out-Group Members -An Examination of the Processes Underpinning Intergroup Conflict.
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10610149
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
KARASAWA Minoru Kobe University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (90261031)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MURATA Eriko (KUDO) Aoyama Gakuin Womens College, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養学科, 助教授 (30269386)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Keywords | consensus estimation / projection effect / in-group / out-group / social identity / social stereotypes / the false consensus effect |
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| Research Abstract |
1.The present study revealed that the in-group projection effect in consensus estimation can take place with regard to non-dichotomous latent variables. Overestimation of the prevalence was observed for an opinion position consistent with one's own attitudes.
2.The study also revealed that the in-group projection effect is mediated both by (1) the motivation for cognitive consistency and by (2) the self-group identification.
3.Another series of studies demonstrated that the projection effect increases when the boundary between the in- and out-group is salient. The results were consistent with the interpretation based on Social identity Theory.
4.One study also revealed a causal relationship between judgments of the self-position and consensus estimates. The study demonstrated that the estimation of consensus by itself enhances the awareness of the self-position which is in turn projected rather than injected.
5.Investigations regarding the out-group homogeneity effect and an experimental study on stereotyping as covariational judgments indicated that the study of social distribution provides significant implications regarding the ways to reduce intergroup conflict.
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