Social Identity Processes: Trends in Theory and Research

by Dora Capozza, Rupert Brown

Overview

This landmark work offers a tour of the latest developments in Social Identity Theory from the leading scholars in the field. First proposed by Tajfel and Turner in 1979, Social Identity Theory has proved enormously influential in stimulating new theory and research, and in its application to social problems. The field is developing apace and important new lines of work have opened up in the past few years. The three sections of the book cover: theoretical contributions to the field; recent empirical assessments of key elements of the theory; and applications of Social Identity Theory to bring about changes in problematic intergroup relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761960850
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 9.54(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Social Identity Theory in Retrospect and Prospect

PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Models, Meanings and Motivations

A Multidimensional Model of Identity

PART TWO: INGROUP BIAS: MEASURES AND CONDITIONS

Valence-Dependent Probability of Ingroup Favouritism between Minimal Groups

From Incorrect Deductive Reasoning to Ingroup Favouritism

Individualism, Collectivism and Social Identity Theory

Comparative Identity, Category Salience and Intergroup Relations

Measuring Prejudice

PART THREE: SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY AND CHANGE IN INTERGROUP RELATIONS

Superordinate Goals versus Superordinate Identity as Bases of Intergroup Cooperation

The Common Ingroup Identity Model for Reducing Intergroup Bias

Multiple Categorization and Social Identity

Categorization and Intergroup Anxiety in Intergroup Contact

CONCLUSION

New Trends in Theory and Research