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SOCIAL R ATS1262
The Cultural Context of Social Relations
Question | Answer |
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SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY | People seek self-esteem through group membership. In an attempt to assure themselves they are in the right or best group, they in some capacity ostracise or devalue the other groups |
GROUP FAVOURITISM | People will favour there ingroup in distribution of resources or rewards. |
MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM | People establish salient group boundaries based on even the most banal or minimal difference (eg over-counters and under-counters). |
DOES INGROUP LOVE INHERENTLY EQUAL TO OUTGROUP HATE? | Research supports that it is independent. The ingroup bias and intergroup discrimination is motivated by preferential treatment of ingroup members, rather than direct hostility toward outgroup members. |
ALLPORT'S INTERGROUP CONTACT HYPOTHESIS Intergroup contact can be beneficial under the right conditions: | 1. Equal Status (coming into or within the situation?) 2. Common Goals 3. Interdependent Cooperation 4. Support of Authorities, Laws, and Customs |
ACCULTURATION (taken from John Berry) | It is the dual process of cultural & psychological change that takes place due to contact between 2+ cultural groups and their members. Group level involves changes in social structures etc. Individual level involves changes in a person’s behavior. |