Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism
Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity is the tendency for relations between groups to be more competitive than relations between individuals. We examined whether the discontinuity effect arises in part because group members experience normative pressure to favor the ingroup (parochialism). Buildi...
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| description | Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity is the tendency for relations between groups to be more competitive than relations between individuals. We examined whether the discontinuity effect arises in part because group members experience normative pressure to favor the ingroup (parochialism). Building on the notion that accountability enhances normative pressure, we hypothesized that the discontinuity effect would be larger when accountability is present (compared to absent). A prisoner’s dilemma game experiment supported this prediction. Specifically, intergroup (compared to interindividual) interaction activated an injunctive ingroup-favoring norm, and accountability enhanced the influence of this norm on competitive behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7c117a7d2a64fd0a636096d1daeec8c2022-12-22T00:10:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-11-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01789159061Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing ParochialismTim eWildschut0Femke eVan Horen1Claire M Hart2University of SouthamptonVU UniversityUniversity of SouthamptonInterindividual-intergroup discontinuity is the tendency for relations between groups to be more competitive than relations between individuals. We examined whether the discontinuity effect arises in part because group members experience normative pressure to favor the ingroup (parochialism). Building on the notion that accountability enhances normative pressure, we hypothesized that the discontinuity effect would be larger when accountability is present (compared to absent). A prisoner’s dilemma game experiment supported this prediction. Specifically, intergroup (compared to interindividual) interaction activated an injunctive ingroup-favoring norm, and accountability enhanced the influence of this norm on competitive behavior.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01789/fullintergroup relationsaccountabilityprisoner's dilemmaParochialismDiscontinuity effect |
| spellingShingle | Tim eWildschut Femke eVan Horen Claire M Hart Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism Frontiers in Psychology intergroup relations accountability prisoner's dilemma Parochialism Discontinuity effect |
| title | Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism |
| title_full | Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism |
| title_fullStr | Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism |
| title_short | Accountability Accentuates Interindividual—Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism |
| title_sort | accountability accentuates interindividual intergroup discontinuity by enforcing parochialism |
| topic | intergroup relations accountability prisoner's dilemma Parochialism Discontinuity effect |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01789/full |
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