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Power and Categorization

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Across three experiments, participants formed a larger number of categories when in a state of high, compared to low, psychological power. Moreover, in contrast to prior categorization research, which suggests forming more categories is tantamount to reduced breadth of categorization, high-power participants also formed a larger number of superordinate (i.e., more abstract) categories than low-power participants. The present findings enhance the understanding of power in relation to categorization and simultaneously highlight the distinction between number and abstraction as fundamental aspects of categorization.

Source: Social Psychological and Personality Science

DOI: 10.1177/1948550615619760

Authors: Pamela K. Smith, Rachel Smallman, Derek D. Rucker

Institutions: University of California San Diego, Texas A&M University, Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Social and Intergroup Psychology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2239991616

FWCI: 1.105

Cites: 49

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10