Human social groups are central to social organization and pervasively impact interpersonal
interactions. Although immensely varied, all social groups can be considered specific …

Highlights•MGP is a versatile tool to investigate the impact of social categorization.•Recently,
the MGP has especially been used in social cognition research.•Minimal groups can vary in …

It is generally assumed that there is greater pressure to conform to social norms in
collectivist cultures than in individualist cultures. However, most research on cultural …

From early in development, humans show a strong preference for members of their own
groups, even in so-called minimal (ie, arbitrary and unfamiliar) groups, leading to …

Implicit self-esteem (ISE), which is often defined as automatic self-evaluations, fuses
research on unconscious processes with that on self-esteem. As ISE is viewed as immune to …

The human face is arguably the most important of all social stimuli because it provides so
much valuable information about others. Therefore, one critical factor for successful social …

Highlights•Widespread variation exists across human societies.•Cross-cultural variation can
be used to test evolutionary psychological hypotheses.•Consideration of methodological …

Using a recently created preemptive strike game (PSG) with 176 participants, we
investigated if the motivations of spite and/or fear promotes aggression that requires a small …

This chapter describes current theory and research related to how and when people are
categorized as members of a social group. Specifically, it outlines four basic principles of this …

The minimal group paradigm, published by Henri Tajfel and his colleagues in the early
1970s, is a widely used experimental technique for studying intergroup perceptions and …