THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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The process by which an individual favourably compares their in-groups with out-groups (Us Vs Them)
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A person has not just one “personal self”, but rather several social selves that correspond to group membership.
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The assumption that individuals strive to improve their self-image by trying to enhance their self-esteem, based on either personal identity or through various social identities (in-groups/out-groups).
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Trivial group differences are created artificially to investigate the effects of social categorization on intergroup discrimination
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social comparison is basically the process of comparing one’s “in-group” with other “out-groups”. SIT posits that this occurs through a desire to increase one’s self-esteem. As stated above, part of forming our sense of self, or our “identity” comes through the belonging to particular groups.
Detailed explanation-2: -The social comparison process involves people coming to know themselves by evaluating their own attitudes, abilities, and traits in comparison with others. In most cases, we try to compare ourselves to those in our peer group or with whom we are similar.
Detailed explanation-3: -Social comparison is a pervasive and fundamental feature of group life. People compare themselves with fellow group members, they compare themselves with people in other groups, and they compare their own group with other groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -Upward, Downward, and Horizontal Social Comparisons: Effects on Adjustment, Emotions, and Persistence in Teachers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Social identity theory is premised on the idea that in-group members make comparisons between themselves and out-group members; thus, the comparison process is integral to intergroup relations (Hogg, Reference Hogg, Suls and Wheeler2000).