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 (DIR) Post #B7LOsxA7L8xkwJeSBs by grimalkina@mastodon.social
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       Imagine you walk into a lab because you've generously agreed to participate in a psychology experiment. It's pleasant: first you're shown a series of paintings and you indicate your preference for a certain artist, and you're told the paintings you saw were from two artists, and you mostly prefer Kandinsky over Klee. How nice! But there's a twist.
       
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       Next, the researchers tell you that they've measured the preferences of *many* people, and you're going to represent the Kandinsky team in a series of games. Your team is up against the Klee team. Crucially, you've never seen your fellow Kandinsky teammates face to face. You have no idea if you share common backgrounds or attitudes. How do you think you'd feel? Would you fight hard for your team to win?Would you think Kandinsky folks are smarter, kinder, and more handsome than Klee folks?
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LOsxebVnLiSruni4 by grimalkina@mastodon.social
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       The remarkable thing is that you probably would. This is a methodology developed by Henri Tafjel in the 1970s, and it came to be known as the "minimal groups paradigm." What’s remarkable is how much the minimal groups paradigm pulls a fast one on our social categorizing. People assigned to arbitrary groups immediately form strong allegiances, even though they haven’t been given any other psychologically meaningful cues about their group
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LOsxzWG24zVjhVJI by grimalkina@mastodon.social
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       The MGP has gone on to be studied in many permutations in psychology. Mere assignment to groups at all is enough to start in-group bias, and in-group bias shows up across a wide range of behaviors. We evaluate in-group intentions more charitably, attribute greater morality to our in-group, work harder to accomplish goals for our in-group, are more likely to cooperate with in-group members when it conflicts with our own personal needs, and expect greater reciprocity from our in-group.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LOsyU0QgSx2HxqpU by grimalkina@mastodon.social
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       But there are strategies that break the in-group bias, and create unexpected coalitions. To learn more.....you'll have to check back tomorrow! Because we are now in the COUNTDOWN to preorders for THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS opening on June 23! In celebration, I'm sharing a new piece of evidence every day from the book and how it helps us understand our minds and build more thriving, joyful communities in technology ❤️ Sign up for a preorder reminder here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Psychology-of-Software-Teams/Hicks/p/book/9781032963389
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LOubQz5x3s8AKMds by grimalkina@mastodon.social
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       POST is also already available at many local bookstores and at amazon, and a DRM free ebook format will go up closer to publishing date (I wish it were up already too!)