Egocentrism and Sociocentrism

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Egocentrism

The natural human tendency “view everything within the world in relationship to oneself, to be self-centered”.

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Sociocentrism

Egocentrism socially-applied or to the level of a group.

“It’s true (or false) because we (the group) believe it”

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Motives for egocentrism

  • The tendency to see the world in self-serving terms

  • The desire to maintain its beliefs, belief systems, and point of view.

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Forms of Sociocentric Thought

  • groupishness (group selfishness)

  • group validation

  • group control

  • group conformity

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