Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
Social Psychologist • Researcher • Head of Social Cognition Group at Universität Hamburg • researches person perception, group attitudes, and social identity
Psychology
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Neuroscience
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You beat me to posting about our own paper 😅
Really appreciate the shoutout!"
Really appreciate the shoutout!"
𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸!
This is just the start— keep an eye out for more standout contributions from her in the future.
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This is just the start— keep an eye out for more standout contributions from her in the future.
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The takeaway:
Classic models of social identification don’t fully capture the experiences of stigmatized groups: Identification isn’t tied to positive group evaluation — people can strongly identify even with negatively viewed groups.
Time for more inclusive, context-sensitive theorizing (!)
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Classic models of social identification don’t fully capture the experiences of stigmatized groups: Identification isn’t tied to positive group evaluation — people can strongly identify even with negatively viewed groups.
Time for more inclusive, context-sensitive theorizing (!)
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What explains this diversity?
Both group-level factors (e.g., socioeconomic position, group entitativity) and individual belief systems (e.g., perceived permeability, legitimacy) shape social identification.
Social identity is both 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 and 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭.
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Both group-level factors (e.g., socioeconomic position, group entitativity) and individual belief systems (e.g., perceived permeability, legitimacy) shape social identification.
Social identity is both 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 and 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭.
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The study asks: How do people from different stigmatized groups identify with their ingroups?
Across 18 groups in the U.S., we found that the widely used multicomponent ingroup identification model doesn’t fit these groups particularly well — identity structures vary substantially.
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Across 18 groups in the U.S., we found that the widely used multicomponent ingroup identification model doesn’t fit these groups particularly well — identity structures vary substantially.
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Very proud to share another first first-authored paper from our lab — led by Joelle Flöther and now published in 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 & 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺!
𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀
Open Accces: doi.org/10.1080/1529...
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𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀
Open Accces: doi.org/10.1080/1529...
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Huge thanks to co-author @yarrowdunham.bsky.social — and congratulations again to first author Feline!
We aimed to study effects of linguistic abstractedness, but different types of group labels (adjectives vs. nouns) didn’t significantly influence children’s group attitudes — behavior spoke louder than words.
However, children didn’t extend those attitudes to unfamiliar group members. They seem to notice social patterns but remain cautious about generalizing — showing early nuance in how they think about groups.
We found that children form attitudes about social groups based on how group members behave — even when those behaviors don’t perfectly match group membership.
This is Feline’s first first-author publication — CONGRATULATIONS!
Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Yarrow Dunham
🎉 Excited to share our new paper “Children infer social group attitudes from evaluative behavioral information but do not extend them to unfamiliar group members.” in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106401
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106401
Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Mark J. Brandt, Juliane Degner
Keith Maddox
@maddblackprof.bsky.social
· Jul 14
The June 2025 special issue of Social Cognition -- Tutorials on Novel Methods and Analyses in Social Cognition, Part 1 -- was guest edited by Jimmy Calanchini, Juliane Degner, and Colin Smith, with support from Bertram Gawronski.
The introduction is linked here: doi.org/10.1521/soco....
The introduction is linked here: doi.org/10.1521/soco....
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Jun 27
I raise some overdue (and slightly uncomfortable) questions about ecological validity, downstream consequences, and individual and cultural differences.
It’s not comprehensive—but hopefully a step toward deeper conversations about how to move the field forward.
It’s not comprehensive—but hopefully a step toward deeper conversations about how to move the field forward.
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Jun 27
After years of thinking (and occasionally obsessing) about STIs, I finally put it all on paper.
Part critique, part love letter, the piece revisits a few selected issues in STI research—not everything, but some things that might be worth a closer look.
Part critique, part love letter, the piece revisits a few selected issues in STI research—not everything, but some things that might be worth a closer look.
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
System Justification Theory (SJT) proposes that members of disadvantaged groups perceive norms to express ingroup positivity. Adherence to these norms is assumed to result in open expressions of ingr...
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Happy to have found a home for this research in the British Journal of Social Psychology: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
🎉 Excited to announce our new paper: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝? 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬,
co-authored with my wonderful colleagues Joelle Flöther (not on bluesky) and Iniobong Essien @iniobong.bsky.social ! 🎉
co-authored with my wonderful colleagues Joelle Flöther (not on bluesky) and Iniobong Essien @iniobong.bsky.social ! 🎉
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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This paper is an incredible accomplishment for an early career-researcher!
Check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This paper is an incredible accomplishment for an early career-researcher!
Check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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With its solid theoretical foundation, the paper allows to derive research questions and hypotheses that will guide future research for years to come.
Added plus: The paper also provides THE most comprehensive literature review of existing research on Mixed identities.
With its solid theoretical foundation, the paper allows to derive research questions and hypotheses that will guide future research for years to come.
Added plus: The paper also provides THE most comprehensive literature review of existing research on Mixed identities.
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The paper delves into the complexities of the social identification processes for Mixed individuals, examining how individual and contextual factors may shape their self-categorization and social identification.
The paper delves into the complexities of the social identification processes for Mixed individuals, examining how individual and contextual factors may shape their self-categorization and social identification.
Reposted by Colin Tucker Smith
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Excited to celebrate Anna Huang‘s first first-authored paper just published in EJSP. 🥳
In this theoretical article, Anna explores how Social Identity Theory (SIT) and Self-Categorization Theory (SCT) apply to individuals with Mixed racial-ethnic identities.
Excited to celebrate Anna Huang‘s first first-authored paper just published in EJSP. 🥳
In this theoretical article, Anna explores how Social Identity Theory (SIT) and Self-Categorization Theory (SCT) apply to individuals with Mixed racial-ethnic identities.
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The paper delves into the complexities of the social identification processes for Mixed individuals, examining how individual and contextual factors may shape their self-categorization and social identification.
The paper delves into the complexities of the social identification processes for Mixed individuals, examining how individual and contextual factors may shape their self-categorization and social identification.
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Yet there is a handful of studies in which spontaneous trait inferences from (unambiguous) behaviors were moderated by stereotype congruency. We aimed at investigating the underlying mechanism of this effect - but were unable to find it…
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Thrilled to start posting here by sharing two fantastic website articles summarizing our latest publications.
Both papers are the FIRST first-author papers of our talented PhD students, @mangelsjana.bsky.social and @cw-sander.bsky.social
Happy to see that their research is making waves! 🌊
Both papers are the FIRST first-author papers of our talented PhD students, @mangelsjana.bsky.social and @cw-sander.bsky.social
Happy to see that their research is making waves! 🌊
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Stereotypes might not be as powerful as psychologists assumed | Psyche Ideas
Research on first impressions suggests that people’s behaviour can trump any biased assumptions we might make about them
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Stereotypes might not be as powerful as psychologists assume: twtr.to/CKNXo
original paper here: twtr.to/GLYLI
@mangelsjana.bsky.social
original paper here: twtr.to/GLYLI
@mangelsjana.bsky.social
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Nov 24
People make remarkably stubborn assumptions about others' political beliefs based on minimal informa...
New research from the University of Hamburg reveals that individuals quickly infer others' political ideologies from slight behavioral cues, with these assumptions proving resistant to change even whe...
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People make remarkably stubborn assumptions about others’ political beliefs based on minimal information, study finds
twtr.to/rdM3h
original paper here: twtr.to/MNc-3
@cw-sander.bsky.social
twtr.to/rdM3h
original paper here: twtr.to/MNc-3
@cw-sander.bsky.social
Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Nov 24
People make remarkably stubborn assumptions about others’ political beliefs based on minimal information, study finds
https://twtr.to/rdM3h
original paper here: https://twtr.to/MNc-3
@cw-sander.bsky.social
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https://twtr.to/rdM3h
original paper here: https://twtr.to/MNc-3
@cw-sander.bsky.social
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Juliane Degner
@julianedegner.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Stereotypes might not be as powerful as psychologists assume: https://twtr.to/CKNXo
original paper here: https://twtr.to/GLYLI
@mangelsjana.bsky.social
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original paper here: https://twtr.to/GLYLI
@mangelsjana.bsky.social
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