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"They're Everywhere!": Symbolically Threatening Groups Seem More Pervasive Than Nonthreatening Groups.

Rebecca Ponce de Leon¹, Jacqueline R Rifkin², Richard P Larrick³

¹Department of Management, Columbia University.

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|May 9, 2022

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Perceived differences in values, known as symbolic threat, influence how populous groups appear in a location. This impacts place meaning and social navigation.

Keywords:

impression formation intergroup processes open data open materials out-groups preregistered social perception symbolic threat

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Place Perception Studies

Background:

The meaning of places is socially constructed and influenced by perceived group prevalence.
Examples include derogatory nicknames for universities and cities based on perceived dominant groups.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the factors influencing the formation of perceptions about group pervasiveness in places.
To understand how these perceptions impact social navigation and the meaning attributed to locations.

Main Methods:

Six studies were conducted using surveys, experiments, and archival data.
The research involved 3,039 American adults.
Symbolic threat was examined as a key influencing factor.

Main Results:

Groups perceived as higher in symbolic threat (differences in values/worldviews) were seen as more populous.
These groups were also perceived as more associated with a given place.
These effects held constant when other group and context features were controlled.

Conclusions:

Symbolic threat plays a significant role in shaping perceptions of group presence and association with places.
These perceptions can distort an individual's understanding of their environment.
The findings highlight how symbolic threat influences the social meaning of places.