הקשר בין ההתייחסות הרגשית לקבוצת הפנים הערבית וקבוצת החוץ היהודית ובין רמת המסורתיות של החברה

Abstract

Theorists of social identity assumed that the differences between in-group and
out-group are arising from social assessment processes. There is a universal
tendency to prefer the in-group over the out-group. The comparison between the
two groups and the preference of the in-group will provide the members status,
prestige and a positive social identity.
In this study, the emotional attitude gaps between the in-group and out-group
will be examined. The in-group in this study is the group of Arabs in Israel and the
out-group is the Jewish majority.
The study was conducted in the period after the Gaza War (2009) that disrupted
the social relations between the two groups.
The purpose of this study is to examine the degree of the emotional
identification of Israeli Arabs with the suffering and the sorrow of the tragic events
that happened to another member in their group and the degree of the emotional
identification of those members with the suffering and the sorrow of a member of
the Jewish majority. Also, to find out how these gaps of the attitudes of the subjects
related to the traditional level of the society.
The hypothesis of the study was that Israeli Arabs would identify emotionally
with their in-group more than the Jewish majority group. There would be a gap
between the emotional attitude to the two groups, and this related to the level of
traditionalism.
The findings showed that there is Arab bias. Gaps that were discovered between
the emotional attitudes to the two groups were related to the level of traditionalism.
in a few cases, the emotional responses were humane beyond the national and
political attitude.