TY - JOUR
T1 - Responses to powerlessness
T2 - Stereotyping as an instrument of social conflict
AU - Reynolds, K. J.
AU - Oakes, P. J.
AU - Haslam, S. A.
AU - Nolan, M. A.
AU - Dolnik, L.
N1 - Export Date: 24 April 2020 CODEN: GRDYF Correspondence Address: Reynolds, K.J.; Division of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; email: [email protected]
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - In the context of recent arguments that stereotyping plays an important role in the subjugation of powerless groups, this article explores the possibility that stereotyping may also contribute to social change processes engaged in by the disadvantaged. In a partial replication of an experiment by S. C. Wright, D. M. Taylor, and F.M. Moghaddam (1990), participants (N = 44) were placed in powerless, low-status groups and denied entry to an attractive high-status group. The intergroup boundary was open, slightly permeable, or completely impermeable. Participants could respond to this disadvantage in 1 of 3 ways: acceptance, individual protest, or collective protest. As predicted, open boundaries produced acceptance and reproduction of stereotypes consistent with the established status relationship, whereas closed boundaries encouraged collective protest and stereotypes that challenged the powerful group's position.
AB - In the context of recent arguments that stereotyping plays an important role in the subjugation of powerless groups, this article explores the possibility that stereotyping may also contribute to social change processes engaged in by the disadvantaged. In a partial replication of an experiment by S. C. Wright, D. M. Taylor, and F.M. Moghaddam (1990), participants (N = 44) were placed in powerless, low-status groups and denied entry to an attractive high-status group. The intergroup boundary was open, slightly permeable, or completely impermeable. Participants could respond to this disadvantage in 1 of 3 ways: acceptance, individual protest, or collective protest. As predicted, open boundaries produced acceptance and reproduction of stereotypes consistent with the established status relationship, whereas closed boundaries encouraged collective protest and stereotypes that challenged the powerful group's position.
KW - article conflict human lowest income group normal human social dominance social interaction social problem social status stereotypy
U2 - 10.1037//1089-2699.4.4.275
DO - 10.1037//1089-2699.4.4.275
M3 - Article
SN - 1089-2699
VL - 4
SP - 275
EP - 290
JO - Group Dynamics: theory, research, and practice
JF - Group Dynamics: theory, research, and practice
IS - 4
ER -