Social Identity theory

Question 1

who proposed Social Identity Theory

Answer 1

Tajfel

Question 2

what are the 3 parts to prejudice according to SIT?

Answer 2

cognitive- have a personal belief about a person/group of people
Affective- the belief leads to a feeling about that person/groups
Behavioural- that leads to you behaving I a certain wat towards that group/person

Question 3

What is Social Identity?

Answer 3

that part of the individuals self concept which derives from his knowledge oh his membership of a social group together with the value and emotional significance attached to that membership

Question 4

what is the process to form social identity?

Answer 4

1. social categorisation
2. Social beliefs
3. social comparison

Question 5

Evaluating Social Identity theory

Answer 5

S- Tajfel et al- conducted minimal group in which boys split into groups, chance to reward each other or punish each other
Lalonde (1992)- studied hockey team with performance- asked them about it and blamed other team for using dirtier tactics
C- Sherif- Robbers cave experiment
O- Realistic Conflict Theory (Sherif)
U- can help understand and explain homophobia and racism
T- field experiments, naturalistic, ecologically valid, less demand characteristics