The Ingroup-Outgroup Categorization In Mortality
The first hypothesis was tested by making the people think of their own death, and observe if their social identity is affected. In the present context, an individual would consider the social identity as an element of self-definition. This means, people are more committed towards the specific social group. The initial empirical test was conducted on Belgian and Italian students and adopt the “Who am I” task. The dependent variable in this experiment was social identities such as male/female, Belgian/Italian, student, etc. Before the task, participants completed the first questionnaire. Participants were asked to describe in a paragraph about the feelings that arises from the thought of their death in the mortality salient condition. Whereas
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displays the relationship between the ingroup-outgroup categorization as a function of in groupness and of the experimental condition. The experiment was conducted on the Scottish students to participate in a study on their national identity. Participants were asked to identify if the picture of a man shown to them was Scottish (ingroup) or English (outgroup) and participants categorization decisions was recorded by the software. Seven-point scale was introduced to 35 Scottish students and were asked if the picture shown to them represent an English (1) or a Scottish man (7). Depending on the answer, picture was divided into five levels which represent various degree of ingroupness from 1 to 7.
When the people were kept within outgroup, they showed a clean tendency of identifying on categorizing more targets compared to as in-group members. More the events (pictures in this context) were associated with ingroupness, it was less likely that those pictures were identified as outgroup target category. At the low level of ingroupness, the participants in the mortality salient situation excluded the target from ingroup compared to control group. At high level of ingroupness, they tend to be more inclusive of targets who looked very much like the ingroup members.
The above table 19.1 and figure 19.1 describes the proof that death thoughts in an individual lead to increased ingroup attachment with the manipulation. Furthermore, it can be concluded that when an individual is doing the categorization task, they are expressing their attachment to the group where they
displays the relationship between the ingroup-outgroup categorization as a function of in groupness and of the experimental condition. The experiment was conducted on the Scottish students to participate in a study on their national identity. Participants were asked to identify if the picture of a man shown to them was Scottish (ingroup) or English (outgroup) and participants categorization decisions was recorded by the software. Seven-point scale was introduced to 35 Scottish students and were asked if the picture shown to them represent an English (1) or a Scottish man (7). Depending on the answer, picture was divided into five levels which represent various degree of ingroupness from 1 to 7.
When the people were kept within outgroup, they showed a clean tendency of identifying on categorizing more targets compared to as in-group members. More the events (pictures in this context) were associated with ingroupness, it was less likely that those pictures were identified as outgroup target category. At the low level of ingroupness, the participants in the mortality salient situation excluded the target from ingroup compared to control group. At high level of ingroupness, they tend to be more inclusive of targets who looked very much like the ingroup members.
The above table 19.1 and figure 19.1 describes the proof that death thoughts in an individual lead to increased ingroup attachment with the manipulation. Furthermore, it can be concluded that when an individual is doing the categorization task, they are expressing their attachment to the group where they