THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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The boys’ level of self-esteem increased as a result of being in their in-group.
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The boys began to show more competition when they believed that they were competing with an out-group, rather than against members of their in-group.
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The boys began to dislike members of the out-group.
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The simple act of categorizing oneself as a member of a group led the boys to display in-group favoritism.
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Detailed explanation-1: –The researchers concluded that both experiments indicated that the boys adopted a strategy of in-group favouritism and that in-group and out-group do influence one’s behaviour.-Development of social identity theory contributed to explaining how stereotypes, prejudices, and conformity to in-group norms have occurred.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social Identity Theory (SIT; Tajfel, 1978; Tajfel & Turner, 1979) begins with the premise that individuals define their own identities with regard to social groups and that such identifications work to protect and bolster self-identity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Social identity is the part of the self that is defined by one’s group memberships. Social identity theory, which was formulated by social psychologist Henri Tajfel and John Turner in the 1970s, describes the conditions under which social identity becomes more important than one’s identity as an individual.
Detailed explanation-4: -Self-categorization theory states that whether an individual categorizes themself in terms of a collective category depends on the salience of that category in a given situation (Turner, 1999; Turner et al., 1987).