In-group/out-group bias serves both cognitive efficiency and self-enhancement simultaneously¶

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q1 i? In-group/out-group bias reduces cognitive effort by sorting targets into groups with default approach/avoid responses while boosting self-esteem via favoring the in-group. → Gehlbach 2018

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Gehlbach 2018¶

Gehlbach, H., & Vriesema, C. C. (2018). Meta‐bias: A practical theory of motivated thinking. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-018-9454-6

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Theoretical argument in the article's Efficient Self-Enhancement section: building on stereotyping, perceivers categorize people as in-group or out-group and tend to favor the in-group, often to the point of discrimination or derogation of the out-group, serving both meta-biases at once. No new empirical test is reported.

"Perhaps the best example of a bias that serves both motives simultaneously is in-group/out-group bias."

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