PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Group, Henri Tajfel, Personal Identity
8 Apr 2018
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People form perceptions of themselves (and others) based on their personal characteristics and memberships in social categories. To make sense of the world around us. We perceive others and ourselves as embodying more typical attributes of a category (prototypes) Social categories are used to offer guidance in forming perceptions of others. We view those similar to us in terms of social categories in more favourable ways. Locates or deines self within the social environment. Personal identity what makes us unique and sticks out, personal characteristic and who. Social identity expands on personal characteristics, personal belonging in other social groups. Social identification: how might you perceive the situation, how you see the social environment. Social categorization: there are groups and way to. Considered one of our most prominent grant theories. Privileging in-group members versus discrimination towards out-group members. The importance of group level understanding and identification. People classify self and others into social categories.
