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What is Social categorisation?
What is Social categorisation?
What does Depersonalisation involve?
What does Depersonalisation involve?
Which strategy involves attempting to join the higher status majority group?
Which strategy involves attempting to join the higher status majority group?
What does Social identification entail?
What does Social identification entail?
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What characterizes Linguistic intergroup bias?
What characterizes Linguistic intergroup bias?
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Why might minorities experiencing discrimination find it difficult to join the majority group?
Why might minorities experiencing discrimination find it difficult to join the majority group?
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What is the primary focus of the Social Identity theory?
What is the primary focus of the Social Identity theory?
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According to the Text, what strategy do group members adopt in response to perceiving the majority group's superiority as illegitimate and unstable?
According to the Text, what strategy do group members adopt in response to perceiving the majority group's superiority as illegitimate and unstable?
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What concept does the Realistic group Conflict theory incorporate in its explanation of social actions taken by minority groups?
What concept does the Realistic group Conflict theory incorporate in its explanation of social actions taken by minority groups?
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What does the Similarity Differentiation Hypothesis suggest about intergroup attitudes?
What does the Similarity Differentiation Hypothesis suggest about intergroup attitudes?
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Which theory emphasizes that individuals strive to maintain a balance between personal and collective identities?
Which theory emphasizes that individuals strive to maintain a balance between personal and collective identities?
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What motivates individuals to engage in social competition according to Social Identity theory?
What motivates individuals to engage in social competition according to Social Identity theory?
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Study Notes
Linguistic Intergroup Bias
- Tendency to describe positive ingroup behaviors more abstractly and negative ingroup behaviors more concretely
- Tendency to describe positive outgroup behaviors more concretely and negative outgroup behaviors more abstractly
Social Identity
- Depersonalization: taking on group characteristics as part of one's social identity
- Social categorization: individuals automatically classify people into groups
- Social identification: being part of a group is an important part of one's self-concept
Strategies for Maintaining a Positive Self-Concept
- Individual Upward Mobility: minority group members attempt to leave their group and join the higher-status majority group
- Select a New Comparison Outgroup: minority group members compare their group with another minority group
- Accepting Disadvantaged Position: accepting the high status of the majority group as legitimate and stable
- Social Creativity: focusing on unique superior traits of the minority group and forming new dimensions that value these traits more
Collective Social Protest
- Adopting militant attitudes and working together to achieve social change
- Perceiving the majority group's superiority as illegitimate and unstable
- Feeling that change is possible and motivated by social injustice and relative deprivation
Social Identity Theory
- Conceptual analysis of self-evaluation processes that theorizes self-esteem functions to monitor one's degree of inclusion and exclusion in social groups
- People fight over important group values, attitudes, beliefs, and normative practices (Social competition)
Other Theories
- Similarity differentiation hypothesis: intergroup similarity leads to more negative intergroup attitudes
- Sociometer theory: self-esteem provides individuals with feedback about their degree of inclusion in groups
- Brewer's Optimal distinctiveness theory: individuals strive to maintain an optimal balance between their personal and collective identities
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Test your knowledge on the linguistic intergroup bias, depersonalization, and social categorization in social psychology. Explore how individuals describe behaviors of different groups and the impact of categorizing people into social groups.
