Diversity in the person, diversity in the group: Challenges of identity complexity for social perception and social interaction

Galen V. Bodenhausen*

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Abstract

Social psychological research is increasingly coming to grips with the complexity of social identity within the individual, both from the perspective of perceivers trying to form impressions and make judgments about multiply categorizable targets, as well as from the perspective of actors using their different self-aspects as a framework for guiding their interactions with the social world. I review several contributions to the effort to better understand these issues and then explore some of their possible implications for understanding the nature and consequences of diversity within the group.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalEuropean Journal of Social Psychology
Volume40
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology

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