Social Identity Theory: The Science of "Us vs. Them"
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- One of the most fundamental insights in the psychology of prejudice and discrimination is can be found in "social identity theory." The theory, pioneered by Henri Tajfel and his colleagues, helps explain how the mere existence of ingroups and outgroups can give rise to hostility. The "us vs. them" mentality and the tribalism it evokes can be at least part of why groups have such trouble seeing eye to eye.
Features clips from NYU psychology professor, Dr. Jay Van Bavel.
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Turner, J. C. (1996). Henri Tajfel: An introduction. In W. P. Robinson (Ed.), Social groups and identities: Developing the legacy of Henri Tajfel (pp. 1-23). Butterworth Heinemann
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How many people here - scrolled the video back to see - how many dots there actually were - after we were told we had been lied too!
me...
Lol 😂
Wonderful, very clear video and hugely helpful for my teaching. I let my students watch this first before discussing the theory in class and the discussions prove to be ever so much richer. Thanks very much
I hope you also talk to your students about the heritabilities of ingroup and outgroup ethnocentrism (which BTW are independent of one another) and ask them to think about how these traits increased the ability of their ancestors to survive and pass on their genes (otherwise the heritabilities of these two traits would be zero, which they are not).
Great video!
Well explained and really pleasant style of presenting all this information :)
Wonderful pace, voice, info and examples. Thanks from NJ ! Great channel. Subscribed
Bro, you were one of my psych professors in undergrad this is sick!
Wow, what a great video. Very informative, well structured and transparent.
Thank you Professor. This was very informative.
That was very helpful! Thanks a lot!
thank you for the video. very informative and great delivery.
Nice video. I watched a Big Think video that discussed the research on oxytocin. Apparently sprays of oxytocin up test subjects noses produced (predictably) a more favorable outlook toward members of our In-Group. But it had the opposite effect on those we viewed as members of our Out-Groups.
This is really interesting and I was wondering, if you feel your identity is threatened how do you respond healthily?
Love this video! Very useful interesting information. Also really looking forward to a video that tells us what to DO about these biases...
Great video!!
thanks for the effort you do with your videos, Andy, they are motivating me to learn more about psichology, I apprecciate it
Thanks!
Great content....!!!
Hi Andy, I really apreciated your video. Congratulations! You mentioned that researchers have recently been studying political positioning as an identifying group. Could you provide some reference? Thank you!
Thanks! I would start with Lilliana Mason's book "Uncivil Disagreement."
This video, like most social science theorizing, dances around the elephant in the living room, which is evolutionary adaptiveness: why did the propensity to identify with ingroups evolve? What was the genetic mechanism? What makes it adaptive (since if it were not adaptive, it would have been selected out)?
Nice video Andy, does it also apply in the case where one would support their country indefinitely especially during sports and derogate others while at it. What consequences would it have on the group and their personal identity.
Good topics for psychology students
Call out here, 'networking' for jobs specifically, rely heavily on 'in groups' such as being from same Alma mater.
thanks i was just reading about this and it helps to hear a real person talk about it then just read about it hehe
You are now in my ingroup! Go team!😄
Such a brilliant presentation. Thank you Sir!
I SAID 36 ACTUALLY WHAT THE FUCK
EDIT: GOD DAMN IT
I counted 50 dots approx, so my initial guess was right so when you said 36 I was like - huh really.... Good Topic
There are 47.
Confused by the commentary around 7:20 on gender being an identity and relevance to Henri Tajfel.
Humans assess sex, age, ally don't they? Ally = us, but can be re evaluated. Doesn't it come down to primate territoriality and social entry price?
you are a genius
In fairness, over-estimators should be given more money because they will appreciate it more
Not necessarily
What does this say about humanity? Is there hope?
Social identity is one of the biggest issue in human race !
And those who guess the number exactly? Bet that social group was the most proud of all! haha
20 dots i said ahahah
In my country there was a big strike of paramedics during covid pandemic peak and this made me think how such utterly cruel and despicable act could be accepted by a very large group of people who are helping others survive by vocation? Do you have any videos which would help me to understand how all paramedics can team up on Facebook to mass murder people?
IT WAS 47! THERE WERE 47 DOTS
47 dots. In case anyone needs to know like I did...
I think we always identify as a group. Every self-identity we have, we actually think of it as being part of a group that shares those characteristics
Nope is 47 not 36
While the Social Identity Theory describes most people, not everybody subscribes to social identities, at least not to a significant level. Being autistic, I identify as an individual first and am largely immune to group dynamics and group identities. I think that everybody is on a neurological spectrum somewhere between individual and collective identity, and that our place on this spectrum determines our views, including our political orientation. If you're interested, I wrote about at franklludwig.com/neurospectrum.html
Very interesting, I have a thesis to write on whether a person's identity changes when they are on camera. Would you be able to provide me with some information in regards to the neurodiverse spectrum
"not everybody subscribes to social identities," this is not something you choose, it's part of human psyche. You can argue your point if your weren't human otherwise it's just ignorant argueing and misunderstanding. Your comment has little to do with the topic at hand.
@@nsprojex Personality or identity....the first seems obvious, the second seems totally weird and a silly proposition. As if you don't know what identity is just like the other commenter.
"Being autistic, I identify as" part of a group that has no group identity! Unintentionally ironical! But seriously, until you test your hypothesis on an unsuspecting group of subjects, it is not convincing. I think you might be surprised.
I think you're trying to explain it simplistically and clearly but I think you are trying to make it about discrimination. When it's not necessarily always about discrimination. I mean, just because you're more inclined to trust your own group doesn't mean you discriminate against the other. I mean, why would you trust the other group over your own? That just wouldn't make sense. That was the question they asked. Which do you trust more. Your own group or the other.
I think you have to see yourself as part of the group that isn't part of the group. And you have to see that in a healthy and positive way. And I think once you do that, you don't discriminate anymore. Because you understand things differently
This is why $uicideboy$ named their new song us vs them
There were 47 dots.
haha thanks 😀 also felt the need to count them now
As somebody who, like many (if not most) autistic people, doesn't take on social identities and is immune to group dynamics, I have always been baffled by these. I recently developed a model of the neurological spectrum, ranging from individual to collective identity, which explains all of these phenomena and more, such as political orientation and hierarchy. If you're interested, you can read it at franklludwig.com/neurospectrum.html
Very interesting, I have a thesis to write on whether a person's identity changes when they are on camera. Would you be able to provide me with some information in regards to the neurodiverse spectrum
@@nsprojex Certainly. I suppose you checked out the article already; if you have additional questions, you can find my email under 'contact' in the navigation bar.
@@franklludwig emailed you!