Social Identity Theory
The temptation to boost the status and fortunes of those within groups we belong to.
In-group favoritism
This process dictates how we enter some situations and avoid others.
Selection
The instinctual desire to fit in with a group is named:
The Need to Belong
University students wearing the jerseys of their sports teams to class the day after said team wins a match is an example of this tendency.
Basking in reflected glory
A negative view on out-groups.
Prejudice
The process of a personality characteristic causing a predictable set of social responses in others.
Evocation
To avoid being ostracized from a group is the origin and function of this condition:
Social Anxiety
People who are described as Machiavellian often exhibit this causal mechanism.
Manipulation
Basking in Reflected Glory
All the ways in which people intentionally try to change the behavior of others.
Name 2 symptoms someone might exhibit when experiencing social isolation.
Worsened physical health, higher blood pressure, higher levels of perceived stress, and higher cortisol levels
In an experimental context, Canadians tending to rate maple syrup more highly than honey after made salient of their nationality when they would otherwise be rated similarly is an example of this theory.
Social Identity Theory
Following Social Identity theory, individuals derive this from the status and accomplishments of the groups they belong to.
Self-concept & Self-esteem
Causal personality mechanisms directly influence and are directly influenced by this.
Social Environment
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
it's the daily double
World War 2 veterans displaying strong social ties with comrades that they had engaged in combat with, even more so in battles where other comrades had died, is evidence of this theory.
The evolutionary need to belong.
Brain research suggests that social exclusion is mediated by components of this brain system, which includes the anterior cingulate cortex.
An experimental framework wherein groups based on arbitrary and seemingly meaningless criteria are made and then examined to see how members of these groups tend to behave toward one another.
Minimal Group Paradigm
The phenomenon whereby people’s beliefs about the personality characteristics of others cause them to evoke in others actions that are consistent with the initial beliefs.
Expectancy Confirmation
From an evolutionary perspective, shunning an individual from a group would be done if their actions put this on specific group members.
Inflicted costs
Hostile attributional bias causes individuals to interpret ambiguous behavior as aggressive, leading to an aggressive response in turn, which may then cause an actual combative exchange. This is an example of this causal personality mechanism.
Evocation
The effects of this personality trait influence an individual's selection, particularly avoidance. This is exhibited both in social situations AND scenarios such as risk-taking or gambling.
Shyness