@article{2226,
  keywords = {discrimination, intergroup dynamics, protestantism, Roman Catholicism, social categorization},
  author = {Barry Commins and John Lockwood},
  title = {The effects of intergroup relations of mixing Roman Catholics and Protestants: An experimental investigation},
  abstract = {<p>On a dot estimating task, the social categorization Protestant/Catholic was crossed with an experimentally manipulated categorization of over/underestimators. It was hypothesized that compared with single religion groups, discrimination against the outgroup and favoritism to the in-group would be significantly reduced in the mixed religion group. 24 pupils, average age 15 yrs, came from a Protestant school{\textemdash}14 for the Protestant condition and 10 for the mixed condition{\textemdash}and 24 pupils came from a Catholic school{\textemdash}14 for the Catholic condition and 10 for the mixed condition. Ss were led to believe that, according to their performance on a dot-estimating task, they belonged to either a high group (overestimators) or a low group (underestimators) and that the groups did not differ in degree of accuracy. They were then asked to allocate money to members of their own group (the in-group) and the other group (the out-group), using a booklet with several matrices. Results are expressed in terms of intergroup differential choices (i.e., the extent of discrimination against the out-group) and in-group favoritism. Although none of the findings were significant, results on both measures are in the predicted direction. The mixed group showed less discrimination against the out-group and less favoritism to the in-group than either the Catholic or the Protestant conditions. (3 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)</p>
},
  year = {1978},
  journal = {European Journal of Social Psychology},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {218-219},
  doi = {10.1002/ejsp.2420080310},
}