Relative Deprivation, Attitude Contrast Projection, and Opinion Certainty

Holtz, Rolf; Nihiser, Tañja H.

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“…The few examples of negative social projection were found among people who both strongly identified with their ingroup and perceived strong conflict with the outgroup (Riketta, 2005), among members of a low status group with regards to the perception of the attributes of the high status group (Holtz & Nihiser, 2008), and among people who perceive high social distance between their ingroup and the outgroup (Jones, 2004).…”

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A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

Amit

Roccas

Meidan

2009

Euro J Social Psych

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We examined the moderating role of personal values on social projection. Study 1 was conducted prior to the 1999 Israeli elections among activists of the Center party, a newly established centrist party. The more importance activists attributed to conservation values (values that emphasize stability and certainty) the more they projected their political views to their party. Study 2 was conducted prior to the 2003 Israeli elections among students with varied attitudes toward the Kadima party, another newly established centrist party. Conservation values interacted with support for the Kadima party in their effect on social projection: The more importance participants attributed to conservation values, the more positive was the relationship between support for the party and social projection. In Study 3, we examined the role of conservation values in an experimental study in which participants were members of a virtual team: Raising the accessibility of conservation values resulted in higher levels of social projection. Taken together, findings indicate that emphasizing conservation values leads to greater social projection.

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A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

Amit

Roccas

Meidan

2009

Euro J Social Psych

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“…Psychological research finds that evaluations of dissimilar others elicits a spontaneous self-evaluation and ironically solidifies our certainty about our own opinions and attitudes. In fact, certainty about our own preferences increases to the extent that the we perceive the target of our evaluation to be dissimilar to ourselves (Holtz and Miller, 2001; Holtz and Nihiser, 2008). In other words, this research suggests that rather than using the self as an anchor for evaluating other people (i.e., self-projection), the evaluation of other people triggers a spontaneous self-evaluation.…”

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Three Ways in Which Midline Regions Contribute to Self-Evaluation

Flagan¹,

Beer²

2013

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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An integration of existing research and newly conducted psychophysiological interaction (PPI) connectivity analyses suggest a new framework for understanding the contribution of midline regions to social cognition. Recent meta-analyses suggest that there are no midline regions that are exclusively associated with self-processing. Whereas medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) is broadly modulated by self-processing, subdivisions within MPFC are differentially modulated by the evaluation of close others (ventral MPFC: BA 10/32) and the evaluation of other social targets (dorsal MPFC: BA 9/32). The role of DMPFC in social cognition may also be less uniquely social than previously thought; it may be better characterized as a region that indexes certainty about evaluation rather than previously considered social mechanisms (i.e., correction of self-projection). VMPFC, a region often described as an important mediator of socioemotional significance, may instead perform a more cognitive role by reflecting the type of information brought to bear on evaluations of people we know well. Furthermore, the new framework moves beyond MPFC and hypothesizes that two other midline regions, ventral anterior cingulate cortex (VACC: BA 25) and medial orbitofrontal cortex (MOFC: BA 11), aid motivational influences on social cognition. Despite the central role of motivation in psychological models of self-perception, neural models have largely ignored the topic. Positive connectivity between VACC and MOFC may mediate bottom-up sensitivity to information based on its potential for helping us evaluate ourselves or others the way we want. As connectivity becomes more positive with striatum and less positive with middle frontal gyrus (BA 9/44), MOFC mediates top-down motivational influences by adjusting the standards we bring to bear on evaluations of ourselves and other people.

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“…However, if the attitudes of dissimilar others are clearly different, then the correctness of the attitude is verified in terms of social distinctiveness (Hogg and Mullin 1999) and uncertainty decreases (Holtz and Miller 2001). Indeed, Holtz and colleagues (Holtz 2003(Holtz , 2004Holtz and Miller 2001;Holtz and Nihiser 2008) found that the larger the perceived difference between the own attitude and that of dissimilar others, the less uncertain individuals are that their own attitudes are correct (see also Hensley and Duval 1976).…”

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“…For both mechanisms researchers have found empirical support. A number of experiments conducted by Holtz and colleagues (Holtz 1997(Holtz , 2003(Holtz , 2004Miller 1985, 2001;Holtz and Nihiser 2008) suggest that already mere subjective perception of consensual support for one's attitudes by similar others is connected to decreased uncertainty. This effect is stronger the more similar attitudes of these others are assumed to be (Holtz and Miller 2001;Holtz and Nihiser 2008), and the more important the specific issue is to the individual (e.g.…”

Section: Uncertainty As An Endogenous Factormentioning

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How attitude certainty tempers the effects of faultlines in demographically diverse teams

Grow

Flache

2011

Comput Math Organ Theory

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Lau and Murnighan's faultline theory suggests that strong demographic faultlines can undermine cohesion in work teams. A strong faultline splits a team into internally homogeneous but mutually dissimilar subgroups based on demographic characteristics. Social influence processes within these subgroups then lead to the polarization of team members' attitudes along the divisions imposed by the faultline. However, faultline theory hitherto neglects effects of attitude certainty. Research shows that the certainty with which individuals hold their attitudes affects social influence processes. We extend theoretical faultline research by integrating attitude certainty. For this, we incorporate the interplay of the dynamics of attitude certainty and social influence into a formal model of demographic faultline effects developed by Flache and Mäs. Computational experiments suggest a moderation effect. Demographic faultlines only affect team cohesion if attitude certainty is low. We discuss implications for future research.

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Relative Deprivation, Attitude Contrast Projection, and Opinion Certainty

Cited by 8 publications

References 52 publications

A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

A group just like me: The moderating role of conservation values on social projection

Three Ways in Which Midline Regions Contribute to Self-Evaluation

How attitude certainty tempers the effects of faultlines in demographically diverse teams

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