Research suggests that members of low-status groups are more likely than members of high-status groups to show self-depersonalization and to favor ingroup members over outgroup members. The present research tests two alternative explanations of this status asymmetry: One explanation is based on the motive for achieving a positive social identity, and the other explanation is based on the willingness to cope with a social identity threat. Three minimal group experiments examine these two explanations. Supporting the identity motive explanation, the findings show that self-depersonalization (Studies 1–3) and ingroup favoritism (Study 3) are less prominent in the high-status group than in the low-status and the status-unspecified groups. Moreover, the results do not support the identity threat explanation because self-depersonalization and ingroup favoritism were not weaker in the low-status group than in the status-unspecified group.

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最小群体层次结构中的自我去人格化和内群体偏好

研究表明，低地位群体的成员比高地位群体的成员更有可能表现出自我去人格化，并且更偏爱内群体成员而不是外群体成员。本研究检验了对这种地位不对称的两种不同解释：一种解释是基于实现积极社会认同的动机，另一种解释是基于应对社会认同威胁的意愿。三个最小群体实验检验了这两种解释。研究结果支持身份动机解释，结果表明自我去人格化（研究 1-3）和内群体偏爱（研究 3）在高地位群体中不如在低地位和未明确地位群体中突出。而且，