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Self-categorisation & Intergroup conflict - Coggle Diagram
Self-categorisation & Intergroup conflict
Intergroup projection
Mummenday & Wenzel (1999)
Superordinate category
Self-categorisation theory (SCT)
Turner et al. (1987)
Process of grouping individuals based on social information
Categorisation simplifies social perception and cognition by detecting similarities in relationships or imposing structure on it
What happens with inter (between) group and intra (within) groups
Prototype
Not about the average member, but about the
ideal
group member
Clear positive biases
If I need my group to do well to contribute to positive sense of self, I want to say we stand for good, positive things.
Best of us are the role models.
Meta-group principle
Position ideal in-group and out-group
Trying to ensure distinctiveness
Pick prototypes that maximise in-group and out-group differences
Want your group to come out favourably in inter-group comparisons
Stereotype that then leads to prejudice
Inherent tension between groups
Theories of conflict
Authoritarian Personality
Adorno et al. (1950)
Result of education/upbringing
Predisposition towards intolerance
Measured by the “F-Scale”
Realistic conflict theory
Sherif et al. (1961)
Competition over resources
True conflict escalates at group level
Interdependence
Member group interdependence is positive
Group-group level interdependence
Idea of how what happens at the collective level affects the psychology at the independent level
Robber's Cave
Sherif et al. (1961)
Sherif claimed that conflict of interest is a sufficient condition for occurrence of hostility or conflict
Cooperation and competition triggers flexible perceptions of age group.
Down to cooperation and competition of real conflict that took place
Intergroup conflict
Conflict between individuals has little societal consequences, but
conflicts between groups
do
Conflict between groups
works on large scale
can be generational
spreads via prejudice and discrimination
From perceived threat comes conflict
Multiple group memberships
Haslam et al. (2013)
Religious identity is good as it helps maintain a range of social groups memberships
Positive effects of religious identification and wellbeing over time
Effects mediated by multiple group memberships