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SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY - Coggle Diagram
SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
Social identity theory is the theory that an individual's sense of who they are is developed on the basis of group membership, and this identity is shared by other members of the group. Tajfel and Turner 1986 developed the theory
formation of in-groups and out-groups.There is a categorisation of people as either 'us' or 'them'. in turn, has all sorts of implications for human psychology, because people do not necessarily behave the same way around 'us' and 'them' respectively.
Combining cognition and motivation into an explanation for social psychology and behavioral social groups.
Ingroup types:
Self categorization, an individual sorts themselves into various social groups, which in turn forms the basis of an individual's social identity.
Social identification
identify with myself with only one group, I start comparing two different groups and compare it, my group is the best . "an individual's sense of belonging to a social group"
social comparison: ingroup favoritism
the tendency to favor members of one's own group over those in other groups—is well documented, but the mechanisms driving this behavior are not well understood. "maintain self-esteem, the in-group needs to be compared favourably to out-groups, so social comparison often leads to perceptions of in-group superiority. "
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Self-esteem is enhanced only to the extent that one's own social groups are perceived as somehow superior to other, competing groups.
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Implications:
The implications of social identity theory are considerable in the age of globalisation, as different social identities
this leads to intergroup conflict; at the very least, it leads to a greater need for intergroup understanding.
Exaggeration of group differences is called category accentuation effect, when an individual identifies with the shared characteristics of ingroup homogeneity.
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