Bounded Rationality's Account for the Influence of Group Identification on Ingroup Favoritism: A Field Investigation Using Jewish and Arab Populations in Israel

Author(s)

R. Matthew Montoya, University of DaytonFollow
Todd L, Pittinsky, Harvard University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Source

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Abstract

We used the bounded rationality approach to explore the impact of group identification on intergroup relations. 1,289 Jewish and Arab citizens completed assessments of group identification, functional relations, and indices of ingroup favoritism. Results provided evidence of (a) a positive relation between group identification and ingroup favoritism; (b) perceptions of more positive functional relations that were associated with less ingroup favoritism; and (c) that high-identifiers who evaluated relations as positive experienced the lowest levels of ingroup favoritism. We discuss how the results clarify the complex relation between group identification and ingroup favoritism.

Inclusive pages

127-136

ISBN/ISSN

0197-3533

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

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Copyright

Copyright © 2016, Taylor & Francis

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Volume

38

Issue

3

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

Montoya, R. Matthew and Pittinsky, Todd L,, "Bounded Rationality's Account for the Influence of Group Identification on Ingroup Favoritism: A Field Investigation Using Jewish and Arab Populations in Israel" (2016). Psychology Faculty Publications. 31.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/psy_fac_pub/31