LEADER 03137cam a2200433Ia 4500001 106555 005 20240621154204.0 008 050621s2003 xx rb 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocm61050111 035 106555 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 BF637.F67 |bW64 2003 100 1 Wohl, Michael J. A. |q(Michael Jeremy Adam), |d1975- 245 14 The effect of social categorization and Holocaust salience on forgiveness and collective guilt assignment / |cby Michael J.A. Wohl. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2003. 300 148 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alberta, 2003. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-120) 520 I address the different meanings of forgiveness and guilt assignment to harm perpetrators at the interpersonal, intergroup, and human levels of categorization. First, I suggest that willingness to forgive others and judgments of guilt are determined primarily by how the self and the other are categorized. In studies 1 and 2, Jewish Americans were asked about the extent to which they assign collective guilt to contemporary Germans for the Holocaust and the extent to which they forgive contemporary Germans for the horrors of Nazi Germany. In line with self-categorization theory (Turner, Hogg, Oaks, Reicher, & Wetherell, 1987), when human identity was salient Jews assigned more collective guilt to contemporary Germans and were more willing to forgive contemporary Germans, than when Jews' social identity was salient. In Studies 3 and 4, I tested the hypothesis that reminding a historically victimized group (i.e., Jews) with their victimization (i.e., the Holocaust) would influence willingness to forgiveness and judgments of guilt for actions taken during a contemporary conflict (i.e., Palestinian-Israeli conflict). Data from these studies confirmed the detrimental impact that reminders of historical victimization have on perceptions of contemporary conflicts. Discussion focuses on obstacles that are likely to be encountered on the road to reconciliation between historically victimized and perpetrating social groups. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2005. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Forgiveness. 650 0 Blame. 650 0 Jews |xIdentity. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xPublic opinion. 650 0 Group identity. 650 0 Categorization (Psychology) 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=765340271&sid=3&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib106555/NQ88067.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hBF637.F67 |iW64 2003 852 |bwww 852 |bebook