Cognitive complexity and intergroup perception and evaluation

Rachel Ben-Ari, Peri Kedem, Naomi Levy-Weiner

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Abstract

The experiment tested the relationship between cognitive complexity and intergroup perception and evaluation. Perceived variability within the ingroup and the outgroup, as well as polarity of evaluation of ingroup and outgroup members, were assessed in high school pupils with low- or high-cognitive complexity. In comparison with low-complexity subjects, high-complexity subjects perceived more variability within both the ingroup and the outgroup, in both positive and negative traits. In comparison with low-complexity subjects, high-complexity subjects exhibited a less positive evaluation of the ingroup and a less extreme negative evaluation of the outgroup.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1291-1298
Number of pages8
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Volume13
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1992

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