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Out-Group Homogeneity

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Out-group homogeneity is the tendency to perceive members of other groups as more similar to one another than members of one's own.

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People describe their own group as varied and another group as consistent in its characteristics.

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The effect arises partly from exposure. Familiarity produces perceived variety.

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