The influence of the consistency of group members' action goals on group entitativity: The moderating effect of action means’ consistency
HE Xiao?-yan1,SHAO Mei-xuan1,DUAN Ji-peng2,YIN Jun1
(1Department of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211) (2Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062)
Abstract:Group entitativity refers to the degree to which a group is perceived as an entity. Previous studies mainly focused on how the consistency of action goals influences the group entitativity. While, besides the action goal, the action means is also included in action patterns. The current research investigated how he consistency of action goals and the consistency of action means influence group entitativity. It was found that the consistency of the action goals of the members of the group influences the group entitativity, and only when the behavior occurs in the group situation and conforms to the principle of rationality, the consistency of the action means plays a moderating role in it. These results indicate that only when the goal-directed actions of group members meet the principle of rationality, people can perceive the group entitativity according to the consistency of action goal and the action means.
何晓燕, 邵美璇,段继鹏,尹军. 群组成员行动目标的一致性对群体实体性的影响:动作形式一致性的调节作用[J]. 应用心理学, 2020, 26(1): 56-65.
HE Xiao?-yan1,SHAO Mei-xuan1,DUAN Ji-peng2,YIN Jun1. The influence of the consistency of group members' action goals on group entitativity: The moderating effect of action means’ consistency. 应用心理学, 2020, 26(1): 56-65.