THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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The division of social groups into in-groups and out-groups, as an individual identifies with the groups to which they belong
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Trivial group differences are created artificially to investigate the effects of social categorization on intergroup discrimination
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Behaviour that creates disadvantages for the out-group
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The exaggeration of group difference and inter-group similarities
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Detailed explanation-1: -The central hypothesis of social identity theory is that group members of an in-group will seek to find negative aspects of an out-group, thus enhancing their self-image.
Detailed explanation-2: -An ingroup is a social group that a person identifies as being a part of, based on factors like nationality and religion, while an outgroup is a social group that a person does not identify with, based on similar factors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conforming prejudice is enhanced by societal barriers to intergroup contact. The classic examples are Apartheid in South Africa and racial segregation in the southern United States. I grew up in the American South in the 1930s and 1940s when racist beliefs and practices against Black Americans were at their height.
Detailed explanation-4: -Social categorization is the process through which we group individuals based upon social information. The “Big Three” are sex, race, and age, but numerous other dimensions are categorized as well, such as social status, occupation, and even perceptually ambiguous categories such as sexual orientation.