Crossed categorization outside the lab:Findings from a factorial survey experiment

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Crossed categorization studies investigate intergroup attitudes in situations when two categorization dimensions are simultaneously salient, often looking at artificial groups in laboratory settings. The current study tests (a) patterns of evaluation in crossed categorization scenarios when more than two real-life categorization dimensions are crossed, and (b) the moderating role of identity importance. We conduct a factorial survey experiment with a diverse sample (N = 524), crossing eight categorization dimensions. The results provide strong support for the additive pattern of crossed categorization, challenging the view that with an increased number of categories category-based information processing will not be used. Identity importance predicts the strength of intergroup bias only on the dimension of religion, which was the dominant dimension in this sample. The study contributes to multiple and crossed categorization literature by testing some of its key assumptions using a design that increases the ecological validity of the findings.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Grigoryan, Lusine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2077-1975
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	Funding Information: At the time of data collection, the author was at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. The research was conducted within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and supported by a subsidy from the Russian Academic Excellence Project ‘5‐100’. At the time of manuscript preparation, the author was at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Germany. Funding Information: At the time of data collection, the author was at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. The research was conducted within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and supported by a subsidy from the Russian Academic Excellence Project ‘5-100’. At the time of manuscript preparation, the author was at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Germany. I would like to thank Elena Gorinova for her assistance in data collection and Vladimir Ponizovskiy, Christopher Cohrs, Kluas Boehnke, and Fons van de Vijver for their valuable feedback on the earlier versions of this manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Keywords:	crossed categorization,factorial survey,intergroup bias,multiple categorization,out-group attitudes
Dates:	Accepted: 9 December 2019 Published (online): 20 January 2020 Published: 1 August 2020
Institution:	The University of York
Academic Units:	The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York)
Depositing User:	Pure (York)
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2023 16:20
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 23:16
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2656
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1002/ejsp.2656
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195961

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