Being excluded threatens individual’s well-being because it curbs the natural inclination to sociality. A flourishing literature has investigated factors influencing social exclusion, and its consequences. In one study, we employed the Cyberball, a computerized game in which participants receive and pass the ball to other players. We manipulated exclusion (vs. inclusion) and membership of the ostracizers (ingroup member vs. non-categorized individual). According to the experimental condition, participants could be excluded (they receive the 3.7% of total passes) or included (33% of total passes); moreover, half of participants received the ball from ingroup members and the other half from non-categorized players. After the manipulation, measures of humanity attributions (to the self, to other players, and meta-attributions) were administered. Results showed that being ostracized reduced the humanity ascribed to the three targets, while membership of ostracizers did not affect humanity perceptions.
Who is excluding me? Ostracism, humanity attributions and social categorization / Capozza, Dora; DI BERNARDO, GIAN ANTONIO; Falvo, Rossella; Boin, Jessica. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) tenutosi a San Diego, California nel 28-30 Gennaio 2016).
Who is excluding me? Ostracism, humanity attributions and social categorization
DI BERNARDO, GIAN ANTONIO;
2016
Abstract
Being excluded threatens individual’s well-being because it curbs the natural inclination to sociality. A flourishing literature has investigated factors influencing social exclusion, and its consequences. In one study, we employed the Cyberball, a computerized game in which participants receive and pass the ball to other players. We manipulated exclusion (vs. inclusion) and membership of the ostracizers (ingroup member vs. non-categorized individual). According to the experimental condition, participants could be excluded (they receive the 3.7% of total passes) or included (33% of total passes); moreover, half of participants received the ball from ingroup members and the other half from non-categorized players. After the manipulation, measures of humanity attributions (to the self, to other players, and meta-attributions) were administered. Results showed that being ostracized reduced the humanity ascribed to the three targets, while membership of ostracizers did not affect humanity perceptions.
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