High group identification alone need not produce ingroup bias or discrimination

Evidence

One positive implication of this idea is that doing so may serve to help normalize the idea of high group identification. As has been noted in other domains, some researchers assume there will be a straightforward link between identification and ingroup bias or discrimination; sometimes this hypothesis is erroneously attributed to social identity theory (for critiques, see McGarty, 2001; Turner, 1999). High identification with a social category may be relatively innocuous; it is only when that identification is tied to opinions that can give rise to harmful actions that we need to consider it otherwise. More specifically, it is a mistake to assume that nationalism and national identification always amount to the same thing. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 862

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the glorification-versus-attachment distinction at the heart of this reading: only certain modes of identification predict harmful or biased response. — connects to: Strong group identification distorts even objective perception of ingroup wrongdoing — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 699; High identification amplifies whichever norms, fair or biased, the group holds — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 836; Strong ingroup identification need not produce outgroup derogation and may heighten intragroup focus instead. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 468 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Strong ingroup identification may increase intragroup focus rather than outgroup hostility #expands (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 468
• Strong ingroup identification need not produce outgroup derogation and may heighten intragroup focus instead. #corroborates (0.93) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 468
• Stronger group identification correlates near zero with ingroup bias #corroborates (0.92) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 441
• Mere identification with a category can produce ingroup bias without any conflict #contradicts (0.88) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2003
• Ingroup identification only predicts bias under specific moderating conditions #qualifies (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 448
• Ingroup identification is necessary but not sufficient for outgroup hatred #qualifies (0.84) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2283
• High ingroup identification drives positive, not negative, discrimination #corroborates (0.82)
• Similarity of an outgroup raises bias only among highly identified ingroup members. #qualifies (0.80) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 59
• Both Allport and Social Identity Theory require minimal ingroup identification for bias #complicates (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 434