Allport anticipated self-enhancement, identity content, and reference-group concepts now central to prejudice research.

Evidence

What have been the major insights gained in the 50 years since the publication of Allport’s The Nature of Prejudice, and how have Allport’s observations and ideas stood the test of time? It is striking that Allport anticipated many of the research issues that proved to be important later: for example the importance of the self-enhancement motive, the “content” of social identities, and identity strength. Further, the concept of “reference groups” is reflected in some of the thinking in acculturation research, and the distinction between ingroup bias and outgroup derogation has proved useful. Finally, Allport may well have been correct in suggesting that strong ingroup identification does not necessarily go hand in hand with heightened competitiveness and outgroup derogation. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 467

Categorization

• XREF: Situates Allport’s original predictions in The Nature of Prejudice against five decades of follow-up — core to the vault’s prejudice-psychology thread.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 467