Conformity to prejudice norms requires group membership relevance

Evidence

These developments suggest three basic arguments: (1) conformity is a normal and common process, (2) people’s attitudes and prejudices change when the groups that they are members of change, and (3) behavior that appears to be due to prejudiced personality traits or internal conflict may actually reflect peoples’ attempts to conform to different groups’ norms. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1895

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1895
• XREF: connects to: Gaining social approval requires conforming to arbitrary group practices, not just contributions — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 114; High social identification increases conformity to group norms through shared feeling and thinking — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 810