Does the union always make the force? Group status and recategorization influence the perceived physical formidability of potential coalition groups
Does the union always make the force? Group status and recategorization influence the perceived physical formidability of potential coalition groups
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DOI：
10.1111/bjso.12668
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发表时间：
2023-07-10
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Gomez，Angel
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作者：
Vazquez，Alexandra;Dovidio，John F.;Gomez，Angel
个体之间和群体之间的联盟对人类的进化有着至关重要的好处，在当代生活中发挥着重要作用。评估潜在盟友的过程中的一个关键因素是，它们如何有助于增强联盟的有形实力--战斗能力或给他人造成损失的能力。在三项研究中，我们首次关注群体间联盟，研究了群体的素质，如地位（社会声望）和它们之间的关系如何影响联盟的感知物理强大性（即，欧洲联盟、欧盟）。研究1发现，包含一个地位更高或相似（但不是更低）的群体增加了欧盟的强大感。研究2和3表明，与外群成员重新归类或没有提供信息的情况相比，学习内群成员在共同群体身份中重新归类一个低地位群体增加了欧盟（包括该群体）的可感知性。研究3还揭示了通过与外群体成员的融合（一种本能的联系）进行的调解，这一点相对来说还没有被探索过。总之，这些研究表明，地位和社会认同的过程，可能会显着影响估计的联盟的强大。
Coalitions among individuals and between groups, which have had critical evolutionary benefits for humans, play an important role in contemporary life. One key element of the processes of assessing potential allies is how they may contribute to the perceived physical formidability – fighting ability or the capacity to inflict costs on others – of the alliance. In three studies, focused for the first time on intergroup coalitions, we investigated how qualities of the groups such as status (social prestige) and the relationship between them influence the perceived physical formidability of a coalition (i.e., European Union, EU). Study 1 found that the inclusion of a group with higher or similar (but not lower) status increased the perceived formidability of the EU. Studies 2 and 3 showed that learning that ingroup members recategorized a low‐status group within a common‐group identity increased the perceived formidability of the EU including that group, compared with the conditions in which either outgroup members recategorized or no information was provided. Study 3 also revealed mediation by fusion – a visceral connection – with outgroup members, which has been relatively unexplored. Taken together, these studies reveal that both, status and social identity processes, may significantly affect the estimations of coalitional formidability.