PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s). Tajfel (1979) proposed that the groups (e.g. social class, family, football team etc.) which people belonged to were an important source of pride and self-esteem.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social identity theory was proposed in social psychology by Tajfel and his colleagues (Tajfel, 1978; Tajfel & Turner, 1979). Social identity refers to the ways that people’s self-concepts are based on their membership in social groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tajfel and his student John Turner developed social identity theory in the 1970s. Among the key ideas of social identity theory are the following: 1. Social categorization is a cognitive tool.

Detailed explanation-4: -In his research work at the University of Oxford, Tajfel examined several different areas of social psychology, including social judgement, nationalism, and, most importantly, the cognitive aspects of prejudice. In 1967 he was made Chair of Social Psychology at the University of Bristol.