hard · MCAT psych-soc
A study finds that members of a low-status group who strongly identify with that group nonetheless express attitudes favoring the high-status outgroup on an implicit measure. A social psychologist explains this as evidence that the disadvantaged group has internalized the legitimacy of the status hierarchy.
This explanation is best captured by which theoretical account, and what distinguishes it from social identity theory's standard prediction?
- System justification theory; it predicts outgroup favoritism among the disadvantaged, whereas social identity theory predicts ingroup-favoring bias to protect self-esteem
- Realistic conflict theory concerns intergroup hostility from resource competition, remedied by superordinate goals, not internalized status legitimacy at all
- Social dominance theory does involve legitimizing myths, but predicts low-status individuals often ACCEPT, not reject, hierarchy-enhancing ideology, reversing this contrast
- Self-categorization theory explains depersonalization toward the shared ingroup prototype, not a shift into the outgroup, mischaracterizing the underlying cognitive mechanism
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