TY - JOUR
T1 - Help-Seeking Helps
T2 - Help-Seeking and Group Image
AU - Wakefield, Juliet R.H.
AU - Hopkins, Nick
AU - Greenwood, Ronni Michelle
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Seeking help from an outgroup can be difficult, especially when the outgroup is known to stereotype the ingroup negatively and the potential recipient cares strongly about its social image. However, we ask whether even highly identified ingroup members may seek help from a judgmental outgroup if doing so allows them to disconfirm the outgroup's negative stereotype of the ingroup. We presented participants with one of two negative outgroup stereotypes of their ingroup. One could be disconfirmed through seeking help, the other could not. Study 1 (n = 43) showed group members were aware of the strategic implications of seeking help for disconfirming these stereotypes. Study 2 (n = 43) showed high identifiers acted on such strategic knowledge by seeking more help from the outgroup when help-seeking could disconfirm a negative stereotype of their group (than when it could not). Implications for the seeking and acceptance of help are discussed.
AB - Seeking help from an outgroup can be difficult, especially when the outgroup is known to stereotype the ingroup negatively and the potential recipient cares strongly about its social image. However, we ask whether even highly identified ingroup members may seek help from a judgmental outgroup if doing so allows them to disconfirm the outgroup's negative stereotype of the ingroup. We presented participants with one of two negative outgroup stereotypes of their ingroup. One could be disconfirmed through seeking help, the other could not. Study 1 (n = 43) showed group members were aware of the strategic implications of seeking help for disconfirming these stereotypes. Study 2 (n = 43) showed high identifiers acted on such strategic knowledge by seeking more help from the outgroup when help-seeking could disconfirm a negative stereotype of their group (than when it could not). Implications for the seeking and acceptance of help are discussed.
KW - help-seeking
KW - meta-stereotypes
KW - social identity
KW - stereotypes
KW - strategy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891948267&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1046496413514454
DO - 10.1177/1046496413514454
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84891948267
SN - 1046-4964
VL - 45
SP - 89
EP - 113
JO - Small Group Research
JF - Small Group Research
IS - 1
ER -