Morality's role in the Black Sheep Effect: When and why ingroup members are judged more harshly than outgroup members for the same transgression

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…While some of these findings were inconsistent across studies, we believe they are consistent with recent research showing that ingroup moral deviance is more derogated than non‐moral deviance (Tang et al. 2023).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Ramdass and Hogg (2019) found that people evaluate ingroup members more negatively when they act immorally rather than incompetently. Tang et al (2023) also found that people derogate ingroup members more harshly when they engage in moral (vs. non-moral) deviance.…”

Section: Social Judgements Ingroup Deviance and Realignment Tacticsmentioning

confidence: 90%

Re‐Socialise or Punish? Reactions Toward Ingroup Deviants as a Function of Types of Deviance

Ao

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,

Wagoner

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2025

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…High‐identifiers might engage in solidarity as a means to reaffirm ingroup social cohesion in response to morality concerns arising from ingroup transgressions (Tang et al. 2023). Future research, therefore, should examine the interplay between image and morality concerns to provide a more comprehensive understanding of high‐identifiers' motivations for outgroup solidarity.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, while our research investigated the strategic aspects of high-identifiers' outgroup solidarity, their solidarity may extend beyond strategic motives (see Cameron et al 2015;Schein and Gray 2018). High-identifiers might engage in solidarity as a means to reaffirm ingroup social cohesion in response to morality concerns arising from ingroup transgressions (Tang et al 2023). Future research, therefore, should examine the interplay between image and morality concerns to provide a more comprehensive understanding of high-identifiers' motivations for outgroup solidarity.…”

Section: Limitations and Suggestions For Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who Sees Our Mistreatments? The Impact of Ingroup Transgression Visibility on Solidarity With Outgroup Victims

Çakmak

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,

Gordijn

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Koç

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et al. 2025

Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…While such initiatives might disrupt social cohesion at a lower level of social units and ties within the family, extended family and neighbourhood, it is important to recognise that, as Tang et al. (2023) argue, the black sheep effect might be driven by the need to protect social ties at a broader Mosul community level by portraying moral transgressors as being outside certain groups within the community. Simultaneously, contrary to the Social identity approach assumptions, instances of neighbourly help, occurring both within and between different groups in diverse neighbourhoods, suggest particularly salient identification with the neighbourhood.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of Social Cohesion in Post‐Conflict Mosul: Group Perspectives, Challenges and Facilitators

Jadranović

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,

Ali²,

Sadoon³

et al. 2025

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.