Low status groups show in-group favoritism to compensate for their low status and to compete for higher status. Mark Rubin Conantina Badea Jolanda Jetten 10.6084/m9.figshare.899722.v2 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Low_status_groups_show_in_group_favoritism_to_compensate_for_their_low_status_and_to_compete_for_higher_status_/899722 <p>The present research investigated the intergroup allocation behavior of members of low-status groups. In two studies where status relations were either relatively illegitimate (Study 1, <em>N</em> = 139) or legitimate (Study 2, <em>N</em> = 114), undergraduate students completed a minimal group resource allocation task that took into account the intergroup status hierarchy. In both studies, members of low-status groups showed two forms of in-group favoritism. They selected resource allocation choices that (a) compensated for their low status and led to intergroup fairness (<em>compensatory favoritism</em>) and (b) competed with the out-group for status and led to positive distinctiveness for the in-group (<em>competitive favoritism</em>). These results suggest that members of low-status groups use in-group favoritism to make their group (a) <em>as good as</em> the high-status out-group and (b) <em>better than</em> the high-status out-group. The findings support the idea that in-group favoritism can serve different functions.</p> 2014-08-15 00:11:41 Discrimination; Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; high status groups; Ingroup Favoritism; Intergroup Conflict; Intergroup Relations; intergroup status hierarchy; low status groups; minimal group paradigm; positive distinctiveness; Prejudice; Social prejudice stereotypes and prejudice social groups intergroup relations Mental Health