Lecture 1 diversity

Cognitive process of classifying people into groups

Categorization

Part of self-concept derived from group memberships

Social identity

Explains when the self is defined at individual versus group level

Self-Categorization Theory

Probability that an identity is activated in a context

Identity salience

A group one does not belong to; perceived as different from one’s own ingroup

Outgroup

Positive or negative attitude toward a group

Prejudice

How multiple identities combine to shape experience

Intersectionality

Change through sustained intercultural contact

Acculturation

Adopting the dominant culture while suppressing one’s origin culture

Assimilation

Maintaining one’s origin culture while engaging in the dominant culture

Integration

Retaining one’s origin culture while avoiding engagement with the dominant culture

Separation

A higher-level group identity that encompasses multiple subgroups, including former outgroups

Superordinate identity

Under favorable conditions, intergroup contact reduces prejudice

Contact hypothesis

Redrawing group boundaries so that former outgroup members are included as part of one's ingroup

Recategorization

Downplaying group labels and focusing on people as individuals

Decategorization

Assigning people to social groups using salient cues

Social categorization

Part of self-concept from individual traits and relations

Personal identity

Seeing yourself and others as interchangeable members of a group, not as unique individuals

Depersonalization

Weak ties to both origin and dominant cultures

Marginalization