Increasing Positivity Matters. Differential Effects of the Intensity of Positively and Negatively Valenced Intergroup Contact: Evidence from Survey and Experimental Research Schäfer, S. (FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany), Fell, B. (Oxford University, UK), Hewstone, M. (Oxford University, UK), Christ, O. (FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany) Research on intergroup contact has only recently begun to consider the effects […]

Associative Learning Processes in the Formation of Intergroup Anxiety and Avoidance in Society O’Donnell, A. (Griffith University), Neumann, D. (Griffith University), Duffy, A. (Griffith University) Laboratory-based aversive conditioning studies have shown that pairing an outgroup member with a fear-inducing, aversive stimulus results in fear toward images of that outgroup member. However, laboratory research designs have […]

The Effect of Social Projection on Sequential Choice Akamatsu, N. (Meiji Gakuin University), Hayashi, S. (Meiji Gakuin University) Recently, consumer research have examined sequential choice, particularly the relationship with consumer characteristics. Focusing on consumer social projection, we discussed the effect on sequential choice. Previous researchers proved consumers made a choice exceeding the budget, in turn […]

The Search for Significance Leads to Political Violence Only When it is Coupled With a Sense of Victimhood Hameiri, B. (University of Pennsylvania and Beyond Conflict Innovation Lab), Moore-Berg, S. (University of Pennsylvania and Beyond Conflict Innovation Lab), Bruneau, E. G., (University of Pennsylvania and Beyond Conflict Innovation Lab) The Significance Quest Theory (SQT; e.g., […]