THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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Social comparison
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Social categorization into in-groups and out-groups
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In-group bias and the tendency to use group identity to promote self-esteem.
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Social cognitive learning theory
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is not a component of social identity theory? In-group bias and the tendency to use group identity to promote self-esteem.
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: -Social identity theory is built on three key cognitive components: social categorization, social identification, and social comparison. Generally, individuals wish to maintain a positive social identity by maintaining their group’s favorable social standing over that of relevant out-groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -Social identity refers to the ways that people’s self-concepts are based on their membership in social groups. Examples include sports teams, religions, nationalities, occupations, sexual orientation, ethnic groups, and gender.