Which of the following factors does not contribute to the outgroup homogeneity effect?

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A field study examined stereotyping and self-stereotyping in a natural intergroup context including a stigmatized minority (gay men) and a dominant majority (straight men). Sixty-two members of each group answered a questionnaire which was concerned mainly with differentiation within (heterogeneity) and differentiation between ingroup and outgroup on attributes varying in typicality (straight vs. gay) and valence (positive vs. negative). On the whole, the results confirmed our assumption that straight and gay men participate in the same network of stereotypes and consequently share the prevailing representations of straight and gay men. In line with social identity theory, it was also found that membership in the stigmatized minority was highly identifying but not satisfying, and that its members (gay men) attempted to secure a positive social identity through social competition and social creativity. Finally, the relationship between (self-) stereotyping and social reality is discussed briefly.

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