PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: In-Group Favoritism, Henri Tajfel, Social Comparison Theory
16 Apr 2016
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Recall that rct is all about the structure of intergroup relations; not the psychology . Social identity theory (sit) - tajfel & turner: Tajfel and turner both originated in adverse backgrounds (wwii-survivor and grew up in one of england"s poorest regions, respectively) T&t"s point of view on modern social psychology: it is nothing but a pile of garbage and it"s all based on assumptions that are utterly wrong. The group you belong to matters more than who you are as an individual. The majority of people are irrational and illogical, who would, under the right circumstances, be willing to send you to a concentration camp, bully you, kill you, etc. (b) at the heart and root of this theory is psychology. (c) european-based theory (at the university of bristol) (d) became the go-to theory, not only for social psychologists, but also for economists and politicians > might say it"s bigger than a theory; rather, it"s more of a framework.
