Ingroup preference stems largely from convenience and reduced effort

Evidence

According to Allport, people generally feel that “most of the business of life can go with less effort if we stick together with our own kind” (p. 18). We trust ingroupers because they are convenient, and outgroup members are a strain. Recent research documents exactly how true this is. For example, prejudiced whites dealing with a black person are distracted by the burden of regulating their own behavior (Richeson & Shelton, 2003). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 346

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Intergroup contact imposes a cognitive strain of self-regulation on prejudiced majority members (similarity 0.88)
• Ingroup favoritism fades as group membership becomes more secure (similarity 0.84)
• All prejudice involves intergroup relations with a built-in ingroup preference (similarity 0.82)
• Common ingroup identity is a consequence of contact, not just a catalyst (similarity 0.81)
• Conformity to prejudice norms requires group membership relevance (similarity 0.81)
• Interracial interaction imposes cognitive self-regulation burdens on prejudiced whites (similarity 0.80)
• Ingroup solidarity buffers minority members against prejudice’s psychological damage. (similarity 0.80)
• In-group bias arises from preferential in-group treatment rather than out-group hostility (similarity 0.79)
• Ingroup preference psychologically precedes outgroup hostility, which stems from other sources. (similarity 0.79)
• Ingroups need not be defined in opposition to outgroups (similarity 0.79)
• Ingroup preference need not translate into any particular attitude toward outgroups (similarity 0.79)
• Ingroup identification’s effect on prejudice depends on moderating factors like ingroup definition. (similarity 0.79)
• Ingroup-favoritism mechanisms can be redirected to reduce outgroup bias (similarity 0.78)
• Cross-group friendship and empathy reduce the threat behind intergroup bias. (similarity 0.78)
• Ingroup favoritism operates independently of outgroup hatred (similarity 0.78)