Date of Award

Spring 2023

Degree Type

Restricted to Claremont Colleges Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Psychology, MA

Program

School of Social Science, Politics, and Evaluation

Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair

Michael Hogg

Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member

William Crano

Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member

William Crano

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Rights Information

© 2023 Mary Peterson

Keywords

Biopsychosocial model, Entitativity, Self-uncertainty, Social identity theory, CloudResearch Connect

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

This study examined the impact of self-uncertainty and challenge or threat appraisals on entitative group appeal. Predictions were based on uncertainty-identity theory’s findings regarding uncertainty and entitativity (Hogg, 2021), and on studies of challenge and threat appraisals in intergroup relations (Scheepers, 2009). Participants ( N = 167) from CloudResearch Connect were primed with a sense of either challenge or threat as a cognitive/affective demand and their level of self-uncertainty was measured. Participants then responded to a series of questions regarding their attraction to entitative group characteristics. Hypothesis 1 predicted that there would be a positive relationship between self-uncertainty and attraction to entitative group characteristics. Hypothesis 2 predicted that challenge/threat appraisal state would moderate the relationship between self-uncertainty and attraction to entitative characteristics. Hierarchical linear regression of the main and interaction effects did not find support for Hypotheses 1 and 2. However, a significant relationship was found between self-uncertainty and reported threat appraisal, indicating that there may be a relationship between self-uncertainty and individuals’ appraisals of performance-motivated situations.

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9798379898908

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