Accountability Accentuates Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity by Enforcing Parochialism

Frontiers in Psychology

Tim Wildschut¹ 

关键词: discontinuity effect;    accountability;    parochialism;    prisoner’;    s dilemma;    intergroup relations;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01789

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity is the tendency for relations between groups to be more competitive than relations between individuals. We examined whether the discontinuity effect arises in part because group members experience normative pressure to favor the ingroup (parochialism). Building on the notion that accountability enhances normative pressure, we hypothesized that the discontinuity effect would be larger when accountability is present (compared to absent). A prisoner’s dilemma game experiment supported this prediction. Specifically, intergroup (compared to interindividual) interaction activated an injunctive ingroup-favoring norm, and accountability enhanced the influence of this norm on competitive behavior.

【 授权许可】

CC BY