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Social Identity Theory is individuals striving to maintain self esteem for positive self concept. This is also affected my memberships to social groups and social group comparison.

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self identified in terms of out group membership (i.e. gender, ethnicity)

Personal identity- our self identified on an individual, private and interpersonal level.

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Individuals striving to enhance their self-esteem by valuing their group over the outgroup,which may lead discrimination.

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Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-concept.
Membership to social groups can have both (+) & (-) associations. So a person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong to.
People will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own ingroup with another outgroup. Assessing more value to your ingroup will result in a more (+) social identity.
Intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a (+) social identity for the ingroup.

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There are two types of indemnity identities we tend to have, social and personal. Social identity is self identified in terms of our group membership and personal identity is our self identified on an individual, private & interpersonal level. Social identity theory is when

Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-concept

Membership to social groups can have both (+) (-) associations. So a person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong to

People will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own ingroup with another outgroup. Assessing more value to your ingroup will result in a more (+) social identity

Intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a (+) social identity for the ingroup

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SIT assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur. Also it helps us understand ingroup favortisim, conformity,and stereotyping. Uses social comparison to establish positive distictivness to the outgroup

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there are two types of self or Identity, these are known as Social and Personal Identity. Social identity is identification of self in terms of group membership. personal Identity is identification of self as an individual.

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The theory that people create a separate identity from their personal self. Your social identity comes out in social situations with people you are not usually very close to. Your personal identity comes out when you are in a private environment or around people you trust.

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SIT helps us understand favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping and also uses social comparison for positive distinctiveness to the ingroup. SIT assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination

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Social Identity theory(SIT) -
1. Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-concept

2. Membership to social groups can have both (+) & (-) associations. So a person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong to

3. People will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own ingroup with another outgroup. Assessing more value to your ingroup will result in a more (+) social identity

4. Intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a (+) social identity for the ingroup

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Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-concept. Membership to social groups can have both (+) & (-) associations. So a person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong to

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experiments are so artificial that it can't generalize to how people will act in real life. Also can't explain how ingroup favorism can result in violence towards outgroup. Lastly it can't explain how constraints plays a bigger role in behaviour than social identity.

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Experiments are so artificial that they cant be generalized to how people will react in real life, cant explain how ingroup favortisim ca result in violence towards outgroup,
cant explain why socail constarints plays a bigger role n behavior than social identity.

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Certain religions against other religions

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Intergroup Discrimination - Tajfel et al (1971 

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Intergroup Discrimination - Tajfel et al (1971 

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The aim was can discrimination be created by merely allowing people to groups. The boys gave more money to people from their group than someone from an outgroup. people will discriminate in favor of the ingroup. Discrimination can be created by being in let in a group.

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Heterosexuals and LGBT identities

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Race and racial affiliation

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Since the experiments are artificial they can't generalize. They also can't explain how ingroup favoritism results in violence towards outgroups.

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Gives us an example of how we think and view other people. Shows us where conflict occurs and where it could occur

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The social identity theory is the idea that individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem to have a positive self-concept. Self-esteem is how one feels and self-concept is the image of one self. In SIT, membership to social groups has positive and negative associations so a person's identity is affected by the group they belong to. In addition, people undergo a social comparison to assess the values of their ingroup to another outgroup. Lastly, engaging in intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a positive social identity for the ingroup

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Social identity theory is the idea that individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a more positive self concept. Groups that an individual belongs to can have a positive or negative impact on their identity. Most often, social comparison occurs in which one values their own ingroup more than another leading to a more positive social identity.

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social identity is the self identified in term of our group members, like gender and ethnicity. One social Identity theory is when people strive to boost their self esteem, creating a positive self concept, Another is when groups engage in social comparison by valuing their own in group. Inter group discrimination causes people to think positively towards their own in group.

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people try to enhance their self esteem to have a more positive self concept, their identity is affected by the groups in which they belong to, they engage in social comparison with other out-groups to make their in-groups feel better, and they discriminate within their in-groups in order to hold a much higher social identity in it.

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Certain political parties turning differences into extreme dichotomy

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Certain political parties turning differences into extreme dichotomy

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theory that states individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem. Members to social groups have both (+)(-) associations. People engage in social comparison by comparing their ingroup to outgroup

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The theory is an idea where individuals can have or show their self-esteem to be a positive self-concept. Those individuals display their groups and can engage in social comparisons with outgroups or engage in intergroup discrimination.

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The idea that we have self-esteem and self-concept of ourselves. This affects the kind of membership we have within a group.

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1. ppl want to keep/enhance self-esteem so they can have a positive self-concept

2. membership to social groups and have both a (+)/(-) associations. therefore, people's identities are affected bu the groups they're in

3. ppl will engage in social comparison by assessing value of their ingroup by comparing with outgroups. giving more value to ingroup results in (+) social identity

4. intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a (+) social identity for the ingroup

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Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self esteem so that they can have a positive self concept. Membership to social groups can have both positive and negative associations. People will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own in group with another out group. Intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a positive social identity for the in group

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the self identified in terms of our group membership or in other words gender and ethnicity.

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Social Identity Theory says that individuals strive to maintain their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-concept, which is affects by their membership in social groups. Their social identity is increased when they value their in-group more

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social identity theory states that individuals act to maintain positive self-esteem/concept. This often involves social comparison of their group to a different outgroup. Since people are largely defined by the groups they belong to, this is done because it functions as way to uphold positive social identity to both the individual and the group.

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races and ethnicities

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Where individuals thrive to enhance self-esteem as a way of strengthening positive se

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Social identity theoryIndividuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-conceptMembership to social groups can have both + and - associations, so a person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong toPeople will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own ingroup with outgroupIntergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a positive social identity for the ingroup

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Social identity theoryIndividuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-conceptMembership to social groups can have both + and - associations, so a person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong toPeople will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own ingroup with outgroupIntergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a positive social identity for the ingroup

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SIT is the concept of holding a certain identity, whether social or personal, in different situations. 

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SIT is the concept of holding a certain identity, whether social or personal, in different situations. 

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- assumes integroup is not necessary for discrimination to occur
- helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping
- uses social comparison to establish positive distinctiveness to the group

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Provides a logical explanation into human behavior in numerous situations. 

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Provides a logical explanation into human behavior in numerous situations. 

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- SIT assumes that there is not conflict necessary in intergroup.
- Helps people to understand stereotyping, favoritism, and stereotyping.
- Uses social comparison to establish a positive distinctiveness between ingroup and outgroup.

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People strive to improve their self esteem to ensure that they end up having a positive self-concept as well.

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1. Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem so that they can have a positive self-concept

2. Membership to social groups can have both (+) & (-) associations. A person’s identity is affected by the groups they belong to

3. People will engage in social comparison by assessing the value of their own ingroup with another outgroup. Assessing more value to your ingroup will result in a more (+) social identity

4. Intergroup discrimination is a way to uphold a (+) social identity for the ingroup

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individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self esteem. People will engage in social comparison with their ingroup and outgroups

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Social Identity Theory helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping. With this, it uses social comparison to establish distinctiveness to the ingroup which is also a strength

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Experiments are artificial so they cannot generalise to real life, and they may provoke demand characteristics. 

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Experiments are artificial so they cannot generalise to real life, and they may provoke demand characteristics. 

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Rich people vs poor people

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A real life example of SIT is if someone belongs to a social group that they are proud of, say a successful sports team, and it makes them think more highly of themselves.

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different sports fans favorite teams

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Specific types of religion or anything gang related can have a big impact with SIT

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It helps us understand favoritism within groups, how stereotyping can be made, and what kind of conformity can occur.

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Was a study to observe whether discrimination can be created by merely allocating people to groups. It surveyed 64 boy from the UK, 14 to 15 years old. They were sorted into two groups upon a counting task- overestimation and underestimmation. The dependent variable was how much money they gave to others in the experiment. It was found that they gave more money to the ingroup than to outgroup and gave equal amount when they were both people from the same group. It showed that peole discriminate in favor of the ingroup

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Military Branches comparing each other while having equal views on the Co As T g A u R d

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they do not explain why people resort to violence when discriminating against out-groups

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they do not explain why people resort to violence when discriminating against out-groups

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One strength of SIT is that it assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur. It also helps us to understand favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping. It uses social comparisons to establish a positive distinctiveness to the ingroup.

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An example of the social identity theory is the conflict between Coke drinkers and Pepsi drinkers.

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- experiments are artificial so it can't be generalized to how people will react in real life
- can't explain how in-group favoritism can result in violence towards out-group
- can't explain why social constraints plays a bigger role in behavior than social identity

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the country that you live in is the USA. and you compare it to Uganda that has nothing good.

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Iphone vs Android

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Experiments that take place to study SIT are usually artificial and can't reveal how a person would react in real life. They might also provoke demand characteristics. And they cannot explain how in group favoritism can lead to violence towards other groups.

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SIT assumes intergroup conflict isnt necessary for discrimination to occur. Helps understand ingroup favoritism, conformity and stereotyping. social comparison

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they do not explain why factors such as poverty are more important in playing a bigger role than social identity theory

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they do not explain why factors such as poverty are more important in playing a bigger role than social identity theory

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- Cannot explain why there is violence towards outgroups
- Cannot explain why social roles play a bigger role in social identity.
- Since experiments are artificial they do not generalize to real life.

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Religion

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it gives us an example of how we think and feel/view/judge other people. SIT influences our beliefs on certain groups

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1. intergroup conflict isn't necessary for discrimination to occur
2. helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping
3. uses social comparison to establish (+) distinction to ingroup

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SIT helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, stereotyping. This is usually achieved by using social comparison to establish a positive distinctiveness to the ingroup. Most importantly, SIT assumes that intergroup conflict is not necessary for the occurrence of discriminiation.

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Some limitations are that the experiments are so artificial that they can't generalize to how people will react in real life, so they can't explain how ingroup favoritism can result in violence towards outgroups.

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Sit assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur Helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity and stereotypingUses social comparison to establish + distinctiveness to the ingroup

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Sit assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur Helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity and stereotypingUses social comparison to establish + distinctiveness to the ingroup

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Experiments are so artificial that can’t generalize to how people will react in lifeCan’t explain how ingroup favoritism can result in violence towards outgroup

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Experiments are so artificial that can’t generalize to how people will react in lifeCan’t explain how ingroup favoritism can result in violence towards outgroup

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aim: can discrimination be created by merely allowing to groups
Findings: people will discriminate in favor of ingroup. Discrimination can be created

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Assumes inter-group conflict isn't necessary for discrimination to occur
Helps us understand in-group favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping

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It assumes that inter-group conflict conflict isn't necessary for discrimination to occur. It help us to understand favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping. Also, it uses social comparison to establish positive to in-group

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SIT assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur.

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SIT assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur.

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assumes intergroups conflict unneeded for discrimination to happen but can help understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, and stereotypes. Despite using social comparisons to create pros to distinct from it

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Barcelona vs Real Madrid

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STI assumes intergroup conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur. Helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping. Uses social comparison to establish positive distinctiveness to the in group.

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people who like country music vs. everyone else

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people who like country music vs. everyone else

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1. experiments are artificial; low ecological validity
2. can't explain how ingroup favoritism can result in violence to outgroup
3. can't explain why social constraints (i.e. poverty) plays a bigger role in behavior than social indentity

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A strength of Social Identity Theory is that it assumes intergroup conflict that conflict is not necessary for discrimination to occur. It also helps us understand ingroup favoritism, conformity, and stereotyping. It furthermore uses social comparison to establish positive distinctiveness to the ingroup.

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An experiment that used 64 boys and separated them into two groups. One group was called the over estimators and the other group was called the under estimators. They were then given money. The findings showed that the boys were more likely to give more money to in group members.

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the experiments can be difficult

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Research is usually too artificial so cannot be generalized.

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experiments done are too artificial so they can not be generalized to people IRL. It can't explains how ingroup favoritism can result in violence towards outgroups and also

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A rese