Social Psychology 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologySocial identity theoryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: revisionqueen1212Created on: 13-08-20 16:30 What does social identity theory suggest? That we put ourselves into groups to feel good and we go through three stages for group formation 1 of 8 What does social categorisation mean? This is where you see yourself in a group (the in-group) 2 of 8 What does social identification mean? Where you see yourself as part of the in-group and begin to watch the behaviour of the groups attitudes and appearance 3 of 8 What does social comparison mean? When you view you social identity as superior and exaggerate your group differences which leads to prejudice 4 of 8 How does Sherif support the social identity theory? The boys separated themselves into groups and it resulted in violence and comparison which supports the theories ideas 5 of 8 How is this theory useful? It can help explain why groups become violent and suggests we need to stop group categorisation to stop violence 6 of 8 What other theory weakens SIT? Realistic conflict theory emphasises the importance of competition contributing to group violence 7 of 8 Why can't this theory be the full explanation? It ignores individual differences and doesn't explain why some people are more or less prejudice than others 8 of 8
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