PSY-0013 Lecture Notes - No. 11 Group Raf, Henri Tajfel, Emergence
19 Feb 2014
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Group: a set of individuals who interact over time and who have shared fate, goals, or identity groups do not equal the sum of their parts groups possess emergent properties. Two core human motives need to be unique, need to belong. So we join groups to that emphasize our unique identities. Parts of our self-concept based on our group identities ingroups > outgroups. Ingroup favoritism preferential treatment for people in our group. Tajfel wanted to examine the formation of in-group favoritism. Goal find out when people went from neutral to favored. Minimal group effect in-group favoritism occurs even when group membership is random. Groups kept separate, bonded by pursuing activities requiring cooperation for a week. 4-6 days series of competitive activities with trophy and individual prize awards. Eagles showed much higher outgroup dislike, both showed outgroup dislike. Superordinate goal of securing drinking water, securing a movie. Outgroup dislike decreased for both groups but eagles maintained higher outgroup dislike.
