Social identity theory evaluate
- Created by: Helen F R Little
- Created on: 08-01-16 20:43
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- The theory has evidence from minimal group studies such as Tajfel (1970) who demonstrated that being part of a group is sufficient to lead to prejudice against people not within that group.
- However, this particular study is a laboratory experiment which suffers from low ecological validity as it is carried out in an artificial setting.
- The theory underestimates the importance of individual differences, some people have a much greater tendency…
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