SOP 3004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Drive Theory, Group Polarization, In Essence
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The more prestigious/restrictive the group to which an individual belongs, the more self-concept is bolstered. Social identity: roles, the set of behaviours/functions that individuals in specific positions are expected to perform. Roles help clarify the responsibilities and obligations of the person belonging to the group: roles exist independently of the individual, allowing continuation of a role beyond that individual"s tenure in it. People need flexible selves to fit into these roles: groups need to create roles (expectation by the group for how members in particular positions are to behave). This is more efficient because it is rarely desirable to have every member contribute in the same way: satus, relative social position or rank within a group. Norms tell people how to behave (prescriptive) and how not to behave (proscriptive): cohesiveness, all forces acting on group members to remain part of a group.
