Psychology- Social Identity Theory

Categorisation(SIT)

The process of categorising people and objects to understand and identify them and their social environment

Identification(SIT)

Choosing a group to identify with and adopting the identity of the group

Comparison(SIT)

Comparing our group to other social groups

Social Group

People who identify themselves as members of a specific group

Out Group Homogeneity Effect

People who are out group members might seem more similar to each other due to generalising

Social cognitive theory

the idea that people can model behaviour through observation and imitation

Attention (SCT)

pay attention to the model

Retention (SCT)

remember the observed behaviour

Motivation(SCT)

must want to replicate the observed behaviour

Potential (SCT)

be able to physically and metally carry out behaviour

Human agency

The belief that humans are responsible for their own behaviour

Reciprocal determinism

how humans act is influenced by 3 factors- personal, behaviour and environment

Social norms

unwritten rules about how to behave

Positive distinctiveness (SIT)

The process of attempting to make our in group stand out positively from out groups

Generalisation (SIT)

forming a belief about a social group

Stereotype threat

feeling judged and threatened in a stereotypical way

Memory distortion (stereotype)

when one’s memory of an event is distorted and does not remember details correctly based on stereotypes