Later theories prioritized intergroup comparisons with little empirical testing

Evidence

As we saw above, while Allport argued for the psychological primacy of ingroups and thus only accorded minor importance to the role of intergroup comparisons, some later theories such as Social Identity Theory put such comparison processes center stage, claiming that a positive social identity crucially depends on their favorability. To date, neither of these two claims has been given much empirical attention. While intraand interpersonal comparison research flourished after Festinger’s (1954) original formulation of Social Comparison Theory, similar research in intergroup relations has been sparse. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 449