Social Identity Theory
Social Identity Theory
A term paper to be submitted to the High School English Department of Pateros Catholic School as a partial fulfilment of the requirements for graduation.
By
RAE ANGELO O. BADE
IV-St. Teresa of Avila
MRS. BEROSIL
November 8, 2011
Social Identity Theory
Have you been in a group of different people with different personalities? Did you feel discriminated within this group? Current theories focus on personal characteristics to explain wrong-doing and how someone could intentionally harm others. This is what I am going to discuss in Social Identity Theory (SIT). Social Identity Theory is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership. Groups give us a sense of identity: a sense of belonging in a social world. Social identity theory is the social psychology of defining individuals when it is important to distinguish between different levels or types of identity. Social psychological theories concerned with when and why individuals identify with, and behave as part of, social groups, adopting shared attitudes.
Apart from the “level of self”, an individual has multiple “social identities”. Social identity is the individual’s self-concept derived from perceived membership of social groups (Hogg and Vaughan, 2002, p. 28-54).
In a subsequent paragraph, Turner & Tajfel, (1986) acknowledge a situation: In the Social Identity Theory, a person has not one, “personal self”, but rather several selves that correspond to widening circles of group membership. Different social contexts may trigger an individual to think, feel and act on basis of his personal, family or national “level of self” (p.26-57).
In a subsequent paragraph, Ashfort & Mael, (1989) acknowledge a situation: It is argued that social identification is a perception of oneness with a group of persons. Social Identification stems from the categorization of individuals, the distinctiveness and
A term paper to be submitted to the High School English Department of Pateros Catholic School as a partial fulfilment of the requirements for graduation.
By
RAE ANGELO O. BADE
IV-St. Teresa of Avila
MRS. BEROSIL
November 8, 2011
Social Identity Theory
Have you been in a group of different people with different personalities? Did you feel discriminated within this group? Current theories focus on personal characteristics to explain wrong-doing and how someone could intentionally harm others. This is what I am going to discuss in Social Identity Theory (SIT). Social Identity Theory is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership. Groups give us a sense of identity: a sense of belonging in a social world. Social identity theory is the social psychology of defining individuals when it is important to distinguish between different levels or types of identity. Social psychological theories concerned with when and why individuals identify with, and behave as part of, social groups, adopting shared attitudes.
Apart from the “level of self”, an individual has multiple “social identities”. Social identity is the individual’s self-concept derived from perceived membership of social groups (Hogg and Vaughan, 2002, p. 28-54).
In a subsequent paragraph, Turner & Tajfel, (1986) acknowledge a situation: In the Social Identity Theory, a person has not one, “personal self”, but rather several selves that correspond to widening circles of group membership. Different social contexts may trigger an individual to think, feel and act on basis of his personal, family or national “level of self” (p.26-57).
In a subsequent paragraph, Ashfort & Mael, (1989) acknowledge a situation: It is argued that social identification is a perception of oneness with a group of persons. Social Identification stems from the categorization of individuals, the distinctiveness and
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