Example of Ingroup Bias
- A hiring manager unconsciously favors candidates who attended the same university, rating their qualifications more highly than equally qualified candidates from other schools.
Shared group membership influenced professional judgment that should have been based solely on merit. - Sports fans blame losses on referees or bad luck but attribute wins to their team's skill and character, while making opposite attributions for rival teams.
Group loyalty systematically biases interpretation of the same types of events.
Note
This is a common biasCentral concept in Social Identity Theory developed by Henri Tajfel and John Turner. Related to outgroup homogeneity bias and intergroup conflict research.
