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The general fault in our fault lines

K. Ruggeri, B. Većkalov, L. Bojanić, TL. Andersen, S. Ashcroft-Jones, N. Ayacaxli, P. Barea-Arroyo, ML. Berge, LD. Bjørndal, A. Bursalıoğlu, V. Bühler, M. Čadek, M. Çetinçelik, G. Clay, A. Cortijos-Bernabeu, K. Damnjanović, TM. Dugue, M. Esberg,...

. 2021 ; 5 (10) : 1369-1380. [pub] 20210422

Language English Country Great Britain

Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Persistent link   https://www.medvik.cz/link/bmc22003626

Pervading global narratives suggest that political polarization is increasing, yet the accuracy of such group meta-perceptions has been drawn into question. A recent US study suggests that these beliefs are inaccurate and drive polarized beliefs about out-groups. However, it also found that informing people of inaccuracies reduces those negative beliefs. In this work, we explore whether these results generalize to other countries. To achieve this, we replicate two of the original experiments with 10,207 participants across 26 countries. We focus on local group divisions, which we refer to as fault lines. We find broad generalizability for both inaccurate meta-perceptions and reduced negative motive attribution through a simple disclosure intervention. We conclude that inaccurate and negative group meta-perceptions are exhibited in myriad contexts and that informing individuals of their misperceptions can yield positive benefits for intergroup relations. Such generalizability highlights a robust phenomenon with implications for political discourse worldwide.

3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Barnard College Columbia University New York NY USA

Bezirkskrankenhaus Straubing Straubing Germany

Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Beckett University Leeds UK

Centre for Behaviour Change Faculty of Brain Sciences University College London London UK

Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Columbia University New York NY USA

Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology School of Graduate Studies New Bulgarian University Sofia Bulgaria

Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology University of Vienna Vienna Austria

Department of Economics Clemson University Clemson SC USA

Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford Oxford UK

Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health Harvard University Boston MA USA

Department of Health Policy and Management Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University New York NY USA

Department of Neuroscience and Psychology Columbia College Columbia University New York NY USA

Department of Occupational Economic and Social Psychology Faculty of Psychology University of Vienna Vienna Austria

Department of Organization Studies Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Tilburg University Tilburg the Netherlands

Department of Philosophy Sociology Education and Applied Psychology University of Padova Padova Italy

Department of Political Science School of General Studies Columbia University New York NY USA

Department of Psychology and Mental Health University of Manchester Manchester UK

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Faculty of Arts University of St Andrews St Andrews UK

Department of Psychology Columbia College Columbia University New York NY USA

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Sciences University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Puerto Rico USA

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia

Department of Psychology Faculty of Croatian Studies University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

Department of Psychology Faculty of Life Sciences Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin Germany

Department of Psychology Faculty of Media and Communications Singidunum University Belgrade Serbia

Department of Psychology Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Department of Psychology Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Porto Porto Portugal

Department of Psychology Faculty of Science University of Tübingen Tübingen Germany

Department of Psychology Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences University of Amsterdam Amsterdam the Netherlands

Department of Psychology Faculty of Social Sciences Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden

Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge MA USA

Department of Psychology Laboratory for Experimental Psychology Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Department of Psychology Loyola University Chicago Chicago IL USA

Department of Psychology School of General Studies Columbia University New York NY USA

Department of Psychology St Olaf College Northfield MN USA

Department of Psychology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK

Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway

Department of Psychology University of Warwick Coventry UK

Department of Social and Organizational Psychology University of Groningen Groningen the Netherlands

Department of Social Economic and Organizational Psychology Leiden University Leiden the Netherlands

Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Oxford UK

Department of Social Psychology Institute of Work Organisational and Social Psychology Faculty of Psychology Technische Universität Dresden Dresden Germany

Department of Sociomedical Sciences Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University New York NY USA

Division of Psychology and Language Sciences University College London London UK

Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary

Evidence Based Practice Unit Anna Freud National Centre and University College London London UK

Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia

Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences University of Groningen Groningen the Netherlands

Faculty of Business Administration University of Economics Prague Czech Republic

Faculty of Psychology University of Seville Seville Spain

Harvard Business School Harvard University Cambridge MA USA

Institute of Psychology Faculty of Social and Political Sciences University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland

Instituto de Ciências Sociais e Faculdade de Psicologia Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal

Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences Zagreb Croatia

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen the Netherlands

Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit University of Cambridge Cambridge UK

National Institute of Mental Health Klecany Czech Republic

Policy Research Group Centre for Business Research Judge Business School University of Cambridge Cambridge UK

Political Humanities Euro Asia Program Paris Institute of Political Studies [SciencesPo] Paris France

PPR Svendborg Svendborg Kommune Svendborg Denmark

School of Education and Health Sciences Universidad Camilo José Cela Villanueva de la Cañada Madrid Spain

School of General Studies Columbia University New York NY USA

Social Health and Organisational Psychology Utrecht Utrecht University Utrecht the Netherlands

UCL Interaction Centre Faculty of Brain Sciences University College London London UK

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