AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In-group bias can take the form of overall judgments of your own group in comparison to another group (for example: “we are so much smarter than them!”), or even be observed in the distributions of resources between small-scale or large-scale groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -One cognitive bias that shows up in the context of health interactions is ingroup/outgroup bias: a pattern of favoring one’s own “ingroup” (a social group with which one identifies) over “outgroup” members (a social group with which one does not identify).

Detailed explanation-4: -What is In-group Bias? In-group Bias (also known as in-group favoritism) is the tendency for people to give preferential treatment to others who belong to the same group that they do. This bias shows up even when people are put into groups randomly, making group membership effectively meaningless.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ingroup bias, or ingroup favoritism, is a bias in which people tend to favor people who exist in similar groups as them. These groups could be formed by gender, race, ethnicity, or a favorite sports team. If someone is in our “ingroup, ” we are more likely to trust them.