- theory of group membership and intergroup relations based on
self-categorisation, social comparison and the construction of a
shared self-definition in terms of in-group defining properties
Social Identity and Personal Identity
Social identity is
associated with group
and intergroup
behaviours such as
ethnocentrism,
ingroup bias, group
solidarity, intergroup
discrimination,
conformity, normative
behaviour,
stereotyping and
prejudice
Personal identity is
associated with
positive and
negative close
interpersonal
relationships and
with idiosyncratic
personal behaviour
Process of Social Identity Salience
Our sense of self and associated perceptions
rest on whether social or personal identity, and
which is the psychologically salient basis of
self-conception
Metacontrast principle -
the prototype of a group
is that position within
the group that has the
largest ratio of
'differences to ingroup
positions' to 'differences
to outgroup positions'
Structural Fit
If the
categorisation
fits in the sense
that it accounts
for similarities
and differences
between people
satisfactorily
Normative Fit
If it makes good
sense of why people
are behaving in
particular ways