How much people identify with a group tracks its perceived entitativity

Evidence

After being exposed to these entitativity manipulations, European subjects (those with moderate preexisting attitudes that were not fixed) reported higher levels of identification with the EU relative to control conditions. Thus, perceptions of in-group entitativity can lead to increased identification with the in-group. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 266 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Experimentally raising a group’s perceived entitativity increases members’ identification with it. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 266; Perceived group activity and entitativity mutually imply each other — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 285

Broader Connections

• Experimentally raising a group’s perceived entitativity increases members’ identification with it. #corroborates (0.97) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 266