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Social Identity Theory - Coggle Diagram
Social Identity Theory
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Elements of SID
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Social categorisation: division of social groups into in-groups and out-groups, as an individual identifies with the groups to which they belong
Social identification: process by which an individual identifies strongly with an in-group, and co-opts the norms and attitudes of other members within that group
Social comparison: process by which an individual favourably compares their in-groups with out-groups
Positive distinctiveness: individual’s motivation to show that an in-group is preferable to an out-group
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History of SID
SID has grown to become the dominant theory explaining relations between one social group or another (Capozza and Brown 2000)
SID extended explanations for intergroup relations by combining cognition and motivation into an explanation for social psychology and behavior between social groups
SID was the first theory to offer a proper resolution to the relationship between individual and group
It has evolved rapidly to consider a range of other cognitive factors influencing social interactions, including emotion, thinking, decision making, cognitive biases
What is it?
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.