Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity reduction through the anticipation of future interaction

Consistent with the role of a long-term perspective in reducing the tendenc y of intergroup relations to be more competitive than interindividual relat ions in the context of noncorrespondent outcomes, an experiment demonstrate d that anticipated future interaction reduced intergroup but not interindiv idual competitiveness. Further results indicated that the effect was presen t only for groups composed of members high in abstractness (Openness-Intell ect on the Big 5 Inventory and Intuition on the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory ) who trusted their opponents.