How we perceive us determines how we like you [Elektronische Ressource] : mental representation of the ingroup as predictor of intergroup evaluation / von Maya Machunsky

How we perceive us determines how we like you: Mental representation of the ingroup as predictor of intergroup evaluation Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Dipl.-Psych. Maya Machunsky geboren am 02.02.1976 in Stuttgart Gutachter: 1. PD Dr. Thorsten Meiser 2. Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey Tag des Kolloquiums: 15.12.2005 Acknowledgements A lot of people supported me and made this project possible. I would like to thank all these people for their particular encouragement. I hope that each individual person I am thinking of feels addressed by this general acknowledgment. However, I would like to thank some people in particular. First of all I am very indebted to my supervisor Thorsten Meiser for so many reasons of which the following list is only a small subset: I am grateful for the patience in theoretical discussions, for the support in methodological questions, for advice concerning practical aspects, for structuring theoretical problems etc. In short, during the time working with Thorsten Meiser I acquired many scientific skills which made this dissertation possible. I am also grateful to Amélie Mummendey for her interest and trust in my work and for the many theoretical discussions that shaped my arguments.