Social Identity Theory
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10 Terms
Social identity
how individuals define themselves on the basis of group membership
social categorisation
the division of social groups into in-groups and out-groups, as an individual identifies with the groups to which they belong
in/out-group homogeneity
reduced variability within the in/out-group
category accentuation effect
the exaggeration of group differences and intragroup similarities
social identification
the process by which an individual identifies strongly with an in-group, and co-opts the norms and attitudes of other members within that group
social comparison
the process by which an individual favourably compares their in-groups with out-groups
positive distinctness
an individual's motivation to show that an in-group is preferable to an out-group
The Social Identity Theory (SIT)
theoretical framework for the social psychological analysis of intergroup relations and social change in socially stratified societies
personal identity versus social identity
individual's self-concept derived from personal attributes, and the self-concept derived from group memberships
who developed social identity theory
Tajfel & Turner (1979)