In a series of three studies, I investigated Lebanese perceptions about their moral world and the influence of moral distancing on intergroup relations in the Lebanese context. In Study 1 and 2, Autonomy, Community and Divinity emerged as meaningful abstract moral domains, with …
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The thesis explores the psychological antecedents of Islamophobic prejudice in the UK, through the lens of the Identity-Representations Model (IRM). The IRM attempts to combine the insights of Social Identity Theory, Intergroup Threat Theory, Identity Process Theory, Essentialis…
This dissertation examines the potential dark side of organizational identification, by showing how identification by organizational members can interact with members' social dominance orientation (SDO) to predict mistreatment of constituents outside of an organization. I presen…
While South Asians are among the fastest growing immigrant groups in the country, there is a dearth of empirically based research on their identity and intergroup relations. This dissertation examines racial, ethnic, and religious identity, intergroup attitudes and relations, an…
Three studies investigated the effects of self-categorization on outgroup directed emotion. Study 1 demonstrated that self-categorization as an American or as a student changed emotion about police and Muslims. Studies 2 and 3 replicated Study 1 and investigated two mechanisms, …
Though there is some evidence that many values have implications for intergroup relations (Rokeach, 1973), research has tended to focus on the impact of valuing equality and individualism. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the impact of making the value of n…
The extended contact hypothesis states that contact with an ingroup member, who has an outgroup friend, facilitates favorable outgroup attitudes (Wright, Aron, McLaughlin-Volpe, & Ropp, 1997). An experimental manipulation examined the hypothesis’ assumption that ingroup identity…
Though studies of collective action date back to at least the 1890's, in recent years there have been a number of developments in the social identity and collective action literatures clarifying how and why collective action emerges. Bandura's concepts of self-efficacy and colle…
The role of religion in intergroup conflict has been hotly debated, with some scholars arguing religion necessarily motivates intractable conflict, and an emerging body of work finding evidence religious belief can motivate intergroup cooperation. I focus on one aspect of this: …
Economic inequality is associated with a host of social ills, and it harms the majority of those within an unequal society. In the U.S., however, the existence and persistence of racial inequality privileges White Americans as a group. I argue that White Americans are thus motiv…
According to research on attitudes toward immigrants, Americans consider immigrants to be an outgroup to the country, and experience negativity toward them for multiple reasons. The perception of immigrants as an outgroup is, however, ironic as most Americans have immigrant pred…