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All about us, but never about us: The three-pronged potency of prejudice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

S. Alexander Haslam  and
Katherine J. Reynolds
S. Alexander Haslam
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. a.haslam@uq.edu.au
Katherine J. Reynolds
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Australian National University, ACT, 0200, Australia. katherine.reynolds@anu.edu.au
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Abstract

Three points that are implicit in Dixon et al.'s paradigm-challenging paper serve to make prejudice potent. First, prejudice reflects understandings of social identity – the relationship of “us” to “them” – that are shared within particular groups. Second, these understandings are actively promoted by leaders who represent and advance in-group identity. Third, prejudice is identified in out-groups, not in-groups.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 435 - 436
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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