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social identity theory - Coggle Diagram

- - - - culture
      - political favouritisms
      - football club
  - - - ssentially suggests that social groups are categorised and compared to make them distinct from each other - this is the 'us' versus 'them' part of social identity theory.
- - - - initially it emerged as realistic group conflict theory
        
        but then it expanded combinating cognition and motivatioon into an explanation for social psychology and behaviour between social groups
- - - - how individuals define themselves on the basis of group memebrship