PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -In the second stage, social identification, we adopt the identity of the group we have categorized ourselves as belonging to.

Detailed explanation-2: -This process of favoring one’s in-group happens in three stages: social categorization, social identification, and social comparison.

Detailed explanation-3: -The stages of social identity development are: naïve, acceptance, resistance, redefinition, and internalization. Generally, the acceptance stage continues through childhood and into adulthood, with some people remain-ing at this stage (at least in some of their social identity lines) throughout their lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social identity theory proposed by Tajfel and Turner (1986) suggests that individuals experience collective identity based on their membership in a group, such as racial/ethnic and gender identities.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to social identity theory, social behaviour is determined by the character and motivations of the person as an individual (interpersonal behaviour) as well as by the person’s group membership (i.e., intergroup behaviour). People generally prefer to maintain a positive image of the groups to which they belong.