Contemplating group membership. Identification and perceptions of personal discrimination and privilege

The impact of group (gender) identification on perceptions of personal discrimination and personal privilege were examined in both women and men. The manipulation of gender group identification consisted of a method based on a study by Schwarz, Bless, Strack, Klumpp, Rittenauer-Schatka, and Simons (1991) in which experienced ease of recall was found to moderate the implications of recalled content. Specifically, participants asked to recall six examples of assertive behavior, an easy task, rated themselves as more assertive than participants asked to provide twelve examples, a difficult task..