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Annual Review of Psychology
Vol. 53: 575-604 (Volume publication date February 2002)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135109)
INTERGROUP BIAS

Miles Hewstone1, ­ Mark Rubin2, and ­ Hazel Willis3 ­
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom; e-mail:
2School of Behavioral Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; e-mail:
3School of Psychology, Cardiff University, PO Box 901, Cardiff CF10 3YG, United Kingdom; e-mail:

Abstract  This chapter reviews the extensive literature on bias in favor of in-groups at the expense of out-groups. We focus on five issues and identify areas for future research: (a) measurement and conceptual issues (especially in-group favoritism vs. out-group derogation, and explicit vs. implicit measures of bias); (b) modern theories of bias highlighting motivational explanations (social identity, optimal distinctiveness, uncertainty reduction, social dominance, terror management); (c) key moderators of bias, especially those that exacerbate bias (identification, group size, status and power, threat, positive-negative asymmetry, personality and individual differences); (d) reduction of bias (individual vs. intergroup approaches, especially models of social categorization); and (e) the link between intergroup bias and more corrosive forms of social hostility.

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Keywords:
conflict
discrimination
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