Ingroup
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In sociology, an ingroup is a social group towards which an individual feels loyalty and respect, usually due to membership in the group. This loyalty often manifests itself as an ingroup bias. Commonly encountered ingroups include family members, people of the same race, culture or religion, and so on. Research demonstrates that people often privilege ingroup members over outgroup members even when the ingroup has no actual social standing; for instance, a group of people with the same color shirts, when the other group has another color of shirt.[1] The term originates from social identity theory.
[edit] References
- ^ Meagan M. Patterson, Rebecca S. Bigler. Effects of physical atypicality on children's social identities and intergroup attitudes.
[edit] External links
- Ingroup loyalty, outgroup hostility: The power of tribes in evolution
- Social Development and Human Evolution: Managing the Ingroup Boundary, Michael J. Lovaglia, Chana Barron, Jeffrey A. Houser
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