When ingroups aren't "In": perceived political belief similarity moderates religious ingroup favoritism.

Motivated thinking leads people to perceive similarity between the self and ingroups, but under some conditions, people may recognize that personal beliefs are misaligned with the beliefs of ingroups. In two focal experiments and two replications, we find evidence that perceived belief similarity mo...

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Main Authors: Carlee Beth Hawkins, Brian A Nosek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521003?pdf=render