Minimal Groups Facilitate the Perception of Out-Group Anger

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Abstract

The goal of the present study was to investigate whether group membership induced in a minimal group paradigm would influence the attribution of anger and happiness to in- and out-group members. Thirty participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups and then saw short video clips of in- and out-group members displaying ambiguous nonverbal behavior. Results show that participants were significantly faster at attributing anger to out-group members as compared to in-group members.

Authors

• Gary Bente, U of Cologne

• Thomas Dratsch, U of Cologne

• Corinna Thier, U of Cologne