Outgroup favoritism is a social psychological phenomenon in which members of a socially disadvantaged group express more favorable attitudes toward another social, cultural or ethnic group than toward their own. Researchers have studied it as one of a variety of system-justifying motives, and as a contrast to the more familiar ingroup favoritism, in which people instead prefer members of their own group.
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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own accountA social psychological pattern in which members of a socially disadvantaged group express more favorable attitudes toward another social, cultural or ethnic group than toward their own, studied as part of system justification theory. 1 First Described YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Type of PhenomenonSourced to the subject's own accountSocial or Interpersonal Phenomenon 1 Connections
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Source Outgroup Favoritism (Wikipedia)
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1. Outgroup Favoritism (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section, first sentence.
Outgroup favoritism is a social psychological construct intended to capture why some socially disadvantaged groups will express favorable attitudes (and even preferences) toward social, cultural, or ethnic groups other than their own.
Outgroup favoritism and system justification section, first sentence.
In a 1994 review of the existing literature on the ideas people employ to legitimize and support ideas, structures, and behaviors, psychologists John T. Jost and Mahzarin Banaji observed that the existing theories of ego-justification (i.e., the utilization of stereotypes as a means to protect the self) and group justification (i.e., the utilization of stereotypes to protect the status of a given social group) could not adequately explain why members of a given ingroup would express negative stereotypes about themselves, often times leveraging these in contexts that disadvantaged their own group.
lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
Outgroup favoritism is a social psychological construct intended to capture why some socially disadvantaged groups will express favorable attitudes (and even preferences) toward social, cultural, or ethnic groups other than their own.
In Branch: Cognitive Psychology, Categories
Wikipedia article 'Outgroup favoritism' is filed under Category:Cognitive biases.
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