La teoría de la auto-verificación manifiesta que las personas desean que los demás les vean tal y como ellos se ven a sí mismos. Según este supuesto harán lo posible por conseguir una coherencia psicológica y valorarán positivamente aquellas circunstancias que les permitan conseguir dicha coherencia. El presente trabajo trata de extender este supuesto a un nivel intergrupal. Se llevaron a cabo dos estudios manipulando una situación de contacto intergrupal (n=112 y n=69 respectivamente) y un tercer estudio manipulando la semejanza intergrupal en valores con un exogrupo (n=6l). Como se predijo, los tres estudios muestran que estas estrategias mejoran la imagen del exogrupo. Además, y como resultado más relevante, las dos estrategias (el contacto intergrupal y la semejanza intergrupal en valores) aumentan el solapamiento entre cómo los sujetos creen que les perciben los miembros del exogrupo (meta-estereotipo)y cómo se perciben a sí mismos.
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