PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Realistic Conflict Theory, Henri Tajfel, Flag Desecration
14 Jun 2018
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30th Aug ‘17
MBB Week 6; Lecture 17 Notes
Social Psychology 8
- intergroup processes
- group formation
- interdependence & liking among in-group members: norm & cohesiveness
- social identity - forming in-group definition, define yourself in terms of this
- intergroup relationship
- cooperation/competition
- higher/lower status
- stereotypes & prejudices
- beliefs/attitudes reflecting intergroup relationships
- Robbers Cave experiment (Sherif, 1954)
- consisted of 22 mentally & physically healthy 11yr old boys
- in-group formation (2 groups of boys in 2 different cabins, unaware of each other)
- interdependence & attraction: sharing fun activities together
- cohesiveness, norm formation, leadership
- identity formation - names, flags
- in-group friendships became strong, and later was very biased against out-group
- intergroup competition (discovered each other using same campsite)
- 4 day tournament; winning group was promised prizes
- in-group favouritism - favouring in-group over out-group
- negative stereotypes & prejudice formed towards out-group
- intergroup conflict
- flag burning - symbolic value of social identity (destroying some other groups’s identity)
- Eagles won & Rattlers raided Eagles’ cabins and stole prizes
- conflict reduction
- created superordinate goal requiring BOTH groups’ cooperation to achieve (fixing tank,
pushing truck)
- intergroup harmony formed
- Minimal Group Paradigm (Henri Tajfel)
- will the absence of intergroup competition still produce in-group favouritism in group
memberships?
- social identity theory: is it a reason for intergroup conflict?
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Document Summary
Interdependence & liking among in-group members: norm & cohesiveness. Social identity - forming in-group definition, define yourself in terms of this. Consisted of 22 mentally & physically healthy 11yr old boys. In-group formation (2 groups of boys in 2 different cabins, unaware of each other) Interdependence & attraction: sharing fun activities together. In-group friendships became strong, and later was very biased against out-group. Intergroup competition (discovered each other using same campsite) 4 day tournament; winning group was promised prizes. In-group favouritism - favouring in-group over out-group. Negative stereotypes & prejudice formed towards out-group. Flag burning - symbolic value of social identity (destroying some other groups"s identity) Eagles won & rattlers raided eagles" cabins and stole prizes. Created superordinate goal requiring both groups" cooperation to achieve (fixing tank, pushing truck) John c. turner: group memberships without any resource implication of group membership, still has group bias. Tried to create social identity without intergroup competition. Chose 2 groups according to painting preferences.
