Unpacking all-inclusive superordinate categories: Comparing correlates and consequences of global citizenship and human identities.

ABSTRACT: Previous research suggests that all-inclusive superordinate categories, such as "citizens of the world" and "humans," may represent different socio-psychological realities. Yet it remains unclear whether the use of different categories may account for different psychological processes and attitudinal or behavioral outcomes. Two studies extended previous research by comparing how these categories are cognitively represented, and their impact on intergroup helping from host communities toward migrants. In a correlational study, 168 nationals from 25 countries perceived the group of migrants as more prototypical of the superordinate category "citizens of the world" than their national group (relative outgroup prototypicality), whereas no differences in prototypicality occurred for the categor

SUBMITTER: Carmona M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491308 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature