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Can group representations based on relational cues warrant the rich inferences typically drawn from group membership?

Katalin OláhIldikó Király
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2022)
Pietraszewski's model - though promising in many respects - needs to be extended so that it can explain the multitude of rich inferences that people draw from group membership. In this commentary, we highlight some facets of group thinking, especially from the field of developmental psychology, that cannot be unambiguously accounted for by a model that is built solely on relational cues.
Keyphrases
  • working memory