Social Identity Theory Describe and Evaluate
Everything you'd need to know to answer a 12 mark descirbe and evaluate on Social Identity Theory, according to edexcel exam board at AS level.
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- Social Identity Theory: Describe and Evaluate
- Evaluate
- Strengths
- What it explains
- How violence and discrimination between groups occurs
- Structure of social groups
- Application
- Can be used to identify and prevent group violence e.g. football riots/ Hutus vs Tootsies
- Supporting Studies
- Sherrif et al
- Showed extreme prejudice between two camp groups even before competition was introduced
- Matched pairs participant design meant that the study was not generalisable
- Sherrif et al
- Matched pairs participant design meant that the study was not generalisable
- Showed extreme prejudice between two camp groups even before competition was introduced
- Tajfel
- Found in group/out group dynamics occur with IG favoritism and OG punishment
- Small sample group from one school mean that the results were not generalisable
- Tajfel
- Small sample group from one school mean that the results were not generalisable
- Found in group/out group dynamics occur with IG favoritism and OG punishment
- Sherrif et al
- What it explains
- Weaknesses
- Criticisms of supporting studies
- Sherrif et al
- Tajfel
- Sherrif et al
- Opposing theories
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- For in/out group and discrimination to occur, there must be competition
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- What it does not explain
- Why violence or conflict stops
- Why in some cases it never occurs despite conflicting groups
- Criticisms of supporting studies
- Strengths
- Describe
- Social Categorisation
- Dividing people into groups based on common factors
- Social Identification
- Overtly identifying with a group to which a person believes they belong
- Social Comparison
- Comparing social groups with the opinion that yours is the best one
- Leads to...
- Prejudice
- Discrimination
- Discrimination
- Stereotypes
- Prejudice
- Prejudice
- Prejudice
- Leads to...
- Comparing social groups with the opinion that yours is the best one
- Social Categorisation
- Evaluate
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