Marilynn B. Brewer

Principles of research in social psychology

Ingroup bias as a function of task characteristics

In-group bias in the minimal intergroup situation: A cognitive-motivational analysis.

Experimental research on intergroup discrimination in favor of one's own group is reviewed in terms of the basis of differentiati on between in-group and outgroup and in terms o...

Effects of group identity on resource use in a simulated commons dilemma.

In a review of research on in-group categorization and group identity, Brewer (1979) proposed that cooperative solutions to social dilemmas, such as Hardin 's (1968) "tragedy of...

Images and affect: A functional analysis of out-group stereotypes.

Drawing from research on inter-nation images, the authors proposed and tested a functional theory of out-group stereotypes in 3 experiments. In the theory, it is hypothesized th...