PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Social Identity Theory, Cognitive Miser, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Ingroup a social group to which you belong. Outgroup a social group to which you do not belong. Intergroup processes situations, cognitions, beliefs, and feelings that arise when people from different groups interact with or think about each other. Social identity theory a diffuse but interrelated set of theories about when and why individuals identify with, and behave as a part of, social groups: assumptions, components. Assumptions of social identity theory we have all have a need for positive self-regard. How do we achieve this positive self-regard: via our own achievements, via identification with the achievements of the social groups to which we belong. Categorization people naturally group other social objects into groups. Cognitive miser perspective: we have limited cognitive resources that must be conserved, engage in mental shortcuts (e. g. , heuristics) Applied to group categorization: categorize people on the basis of shared features, can trivially create minimal groups . Minimal groups ingroups and outgroups formed on trivial, highly context-specific features.
