Assimilation and Differentiation Needs as Motivational Determinants of Perceived In-group and Out-Group Homogeneity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-348

  Pickett, Cynthia L ^a   Brewer, Marilynn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Differentiation; Distinctiveness; Homogeneity; In group exclusion; Optimal distinctiveness theory; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035633275     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2000.1469     Document Type: Article

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