Ingroup members harshly punish peers who hold balanced or moderate outgroup attitudes

Evidence

Further, research by Abrams, Rutland, Cameron, and Marques (2003) exposed group processes whereby ingroup members uphold extreme ingroup– outgroup attitudes by derogating those with balanced attitudes. This derogation is particularly strong among children in middle childhood, when conformity increases, and among group members who do not yet have a positive consensual identity. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2019

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the mechanism by which pluralistic ignorance plus in-group policing hardens prejudice in middle childhood.
• XREF: This in-group derogation of moderates parallels the dynamics the reader has tracked in extremism and intergroup-conflict literature — a pressure to signal purity. — connects to: Mere ingroup membership biases members to deny their group’s causal role in harm — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 298; Platform incentives structurally favor anger over kindness toward outgroups — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 56