The Black Sheep Effect and Americans' Judgments of Terrorist Activities

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect

In search of the black sheep effect in African Americans

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott Hammer ◽  
Anthony Sharp ◽  
Charity Dixon ◽  
Kristin Matthews ◽  
Erin Threatt
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect

Perceived entitativity and the black-sheep effect

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C. Lewis ◽  
Steven J. Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect

scholarly journals (Im)moral Symbols and (Im)moral Deeds: Defensive Strategies for Coping with Historical Transgressions of Group Heroes and Villains

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 183449092199143
Author(s):  
Jovan Ivanović ◽  
Iris Žeželj ◽  
Charis Psaltis
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Educational Communication ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Defensive Strategies ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Greek Cypriot ◽  
Black Sheep Effect ◽  
Group Members

In two post-conflict societies (Serbia and Cyprus), the authors investigated how people cope with in-group historical transgression when heroes and villains relevant for their collective identity are made salient in it. The authors set the events in foundational periods for Serbian (Experiment 1) and Greek Cypriot (Experiment 2) ethnic identity—that is, historical representations of the Battle of Kosovo (1389) and the Liberation Struggle (1955–1959), respectively. In both experiments, a between-subjects design was used to manipulate group membership (in-group or out-group) and representation of the salient character (hero, villain, or neutral) in fictitious but historically plausible accounts of transgressions. In Experiment 1 ( N = 225), the participants showed more moral disengagement in the case of in-group historical transgressions than in the case of identical transgressions by an out-group, while the in-group hero was rejected less than all the other historical characters. Social identification based on in-group superiority moderated both observed effects in such a manner that they were more pronounced for participants perceiving their ethnic group as superior. In Experiment 2 ( N = 136), historical transgression involving the in-group hero provoked the most moral disengagement and the least rejection of the group deviant. In-group superiority and in-group importance as distinct modes of social identification moderated these effects in such a way that they were more pronounced for high-identifying individuals. Taken together, the experiments show that the in-group hero, as a highly valued ethnic symbol, is exempt from the black sheep effect and the sanctions of critically attached group members. The authors discuss the implications of in-group heroes for political and educational communication.

scholarly journals Breakups hurt: Party switching and perceived proximity between politicians and their party

2019 ◽  
pp. 135406881988013
Author(s):  
Andrea Ceron ◽  
Elisa Volpi
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect ◽  
Party Switching ◽  
Shed Light

What are the effects of party defections on the attitudes of politicians who remain loyal to the party? We answer by combining multiple sources of data into a comprehensive novel data set on parliamentary party switching, to estimate how this affects the perceived distance between a politician and his party. Focusing on the theory of cognitive dissonance and the black sheep effect, we hypothesize that politicians perceive themselves closer to their parties when those parties recently suffered defections. The effect should be greater among incumbent politicians as they directly experience divisions, but also among officials dissatisfied with the leadership as their dissonance should be stronger. Statistical analyses of data from two elite surveys, on a sample of 13,256 politicians belonging to 92 parties that ran in 28 elections held between 2005 and 2015 in 14 countries, provide support for our hypotheses and shed light on the consequences of intra-party defections.

Using the Black Sheep Effect to reveal normative stakes: The example of alcohol drinking contexts

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Lo Monaco ◽  
Anthony Piermattéo ◽  
Christian Guimelli ◽  
Andreea Ernst-Vintila
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Black Sheep ◽  
Black Sheep Effect
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