Conscious social identity can change while influences stay unconscious

Evidence

The results of Study 1 provided initial evidence that factors thought to be important in determining social identity according to self-categorization theory can shift a conscious sense of social self. That is, salience of an ingroup in conjunction with salience of an outgroup, which enables an intergroup comparison to be made, can enhance identification with the ingroup, in comparison to ingroup salience alone. This study also provides the first known direct evidence that participants may be unaware of the influences upon their conscious social identity. — Brandon Randolph-Seng, Darcy A. Reich, and Kenneth G. DeMarree, On the Nonconscious Antecedents of…, 37

Categorization

• XREF: Touches the reader’s question about whether threat appraisal is needed before group-defensive responses. — connects to: Group-defense reactions can be triggered without any conscious perception of group threat; Unawareness of identification influences blocks correction for them. — Brandon Randolph-Seng, Darcy A. Reich, and Kenneth G. DeMarree, On the Nonconscious Antecedents of…, 54; Ingroup-outgroup pairing, not either alone, drives identity shifts — Brandon Randolph-Seng, Darcy A. Reich, and Kenneth G. DeMarree, On the Nonconscious Antecedents of…, 50 (+2 more)

Related

• Either ingroup or outgroup salience alone may suffice to increase social identification. (similarity 0.89)
• Ingroup-outgroup pairing, not either alone, drives identity shifts (similarity 0.89)
• Identification with one’s group is strongest when both ingroup and outgroup are made salient (similarity 0.87)
• Threats can increase ingroup identification, not merely follow from it (similarity 0.84)
• In-group identity is defined only through contrast with out-groups (similarity 0.83)
• Group behavior arises from depersonalized self-representation as interchangeable category exemplars (similarity 0.83)
• Outgroup salience boosts conscious ingroup identification when the ingroup is already salient. (similarity 0.83)
• Ingroup and outgroup salience combine to maximize identification only when both are activated. (similarity 0.83)
• Ingroup identification causally precedes intergroup threat (similarity 0.83)
• Intergroup relations begin when people adopt collective rather than personal identity (similarity 0.82)
• Ingroup identification strength moderates whether group-level or individual-level threats drive attitudes. (similarity 0.82)
• In-groups acquire definition only through comparison and contrast with out-groups (similarity 0.82)
• Group identity processes operate autonomously from objective intergroup conflict (similarity 0.82)
• Group-based identity forces precede realistic and symbolic threat perception (similarity 0.82)
• Unawareness of identification influences blocks correction for them. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• A displaced group’s collective unconscious changes within a century #complicates (0.72)
• Stereotype consensuality across groups requires ideological domination plus false consciousness #corroborates (0.72)