Ingroup identification’s effect on prejudice depends on moderating factors like ingroup definition.

Evidence

Neither he nor subsequent theories (e.g. Social Identity Theory) were completely right about the effects of ingroup identification on prejudice, and research has ascertained that the picture is more complex than initially anticipated. Several issues have emerged: The precise effects on both ingroup bias and outgroup derogation probably depend on a number of influential moderating factors (e.g. autonomous vs. relational definitions of the ingroup, “motives,” etc.). Thus, despite Allport’s seemingly timeless insights and the significant developments on this topic since the publication of The Nature of Prejudice, important issues are still not fully addressed or understood. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 469

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the straightforward ingroup-bias claims elsewhere in the vault; autonomous vs relational ingroup definitions are a concrete moderator worth tracking.
• QUESTION: What exactly distinguishes autonomous from relational ingroup definitions, and how does each tilt bias versus derogation?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 469