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Inferring Identity From Language: Linguistic Intergroup Bias Informs Social Categorization.
Porter, Shanette C; Rheinschmidt-Same, Michelle; Richeson, Jennifer A.
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  • Porter SC; Consortium on School Research, University of Chicago shanette@gmail.com.
  • Rheinschmidt-Same M; Department of Psychology, Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.
  • Richeson JA; Department of Psychology, Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.
Psychol Sci ; 27(1): 94-102, 2016 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26637358
The present research examined whether a communicator's verbal, implicit message regarding a target is used as a cue for inferring that communicator's social identity. Previous research has found linguistic intergroup bias (LIB) in individuals' speech: They use abstract language to describe in-group targets' desirable behaviors and concrete language to describe their undesirable behaviors (favorable LIB), but use concrete language for out-group targets' desirable behaviors and abstract language for their undesirable behaviors (unfavorable LIB). Consequently, one can infer the type of language a communicator is likely to use to describe in-group and out-group targets. We hypothesized and found evidence for the reverse inference. Across four studies, individuals inferred a communicator's social identity on the basis of the communicator's use of an LIB. Specifically, participants more strongly believed that a communicator and target shared a social identity when the communicator used the favorable, rather than the unfavorable, LIB in describing that target.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Psicolinguística / Identificação Social Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Psicolinguística / Identificação Social Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article