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SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY - Coggle Diagram
SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
2.DEFINITIONS
Social identity theory: Theory of group membership and intergroup
relations based on self categorisation,
social
comparison and the
construction of a shared
self-definition in terms of
ingroup-defining properties.
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(a) society is structured into distinct social
groups that stand in power and status relations to one another (e.g. blacks and whites in the
United States, Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, Sunnis and Shi’ites in Iraq)
(b) social categories (large groups such as a nation or church, but also intermediate
groups such as an organisation, or small groups such as a club) provide members with a
social identity – a definition and evaluation of who one is and a description and evaluation
of what this entails. Social identities not only describe attributes but also prescribe what one
should think and how one should behave as a member. For example, being a member of the
social category ‘student’ means not only defining and evaluating yourself and being defined
and evaluated by others as a student, but also thinking and behaving in characteristically
student ways.
In brief groups are part of our identity and self-esteem
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Innate, primal nature of groupishness
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