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Psychology 201 1. Vol.2, No.5, 426-432 Copyright © 20 11 SciRes. DOI:10.4236/psych.2011.35066 Social Identification Dimensions as Mediators of the Effect of Prototypicality on Intergroup Behaviours 1 1 2 1 Patricia L. Obst , Katherine M. White , Kenneth I. Mavor , Rosland M. Baker 1School of Psychology and Counseling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; 2School of Health and Psychological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Email: p.obst@qut.edu.au th th th Received May 5 , 2011; revised June 6 , 2011; accepted July 18 , 2011. Cameron (2004) proposed a three-dimensional model and measure of social identification consisting of cogni- tive centrality, in-group affect, and in-group ties. This approach has received growing theoretical and empirical support; however, little research has examined how these dimensions of social identification may relate differen- tially to intergroup outcome behaviors. The current research sought to address this question by examining the possible mediating role the dimensions of social identification on the relationship between prototypicality of group members and the intergroup outcome behaviors of in-group favoritism, out-group derogation, and coll