PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Realistic Conflict Theory, North America 4, Henri Tajfel
21 Feb 2013
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Everyone takes their 100$ and always gives more to the person in their group than of the other group: in group bias, discriminating always people of the other group. This experiment was criticized especially in north america. 4 basic processes: social categorization, social identity, social comparison, psychological distinctiveness. This is the most prominent theory in social psychology - it is all over the place. It says that we have a tendency to categorize the world. This is part of our group identity. I not only compare myself with the people in my own group, but i also compare my group to other groups: first guys to say that. What you and i strive for in life is distinctiveness along positive valued dimensions. And: we want our distinctiveness to be valued. They created a minimal group experiment: they wanted to test the idea that when you create 2 distinctive groups, you will get intergroup conflict.
