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In-group and out-group

An in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. By contrast, an out-group is a social group with which an individual does not identify.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-group_and_out-group

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Type:🔵 Tags: Psychology / Social Psychology / Sociology Status:☀️

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Anonymity in groups can make people and more likely to conform or obey by diffusing responsibility
Arbitrary out-group traits are attributed to that groups values and beliefs
Identifying with a group obscures your true character and makes you predictable
In-groups our more benevolent to their own members than with out-groups
In-groups tend to inflate their own value when comparing to out-groups
Our brains make us-them distinctions extremely quickly
Oxytocin
People are for forgiving to in-group members for violating a norm
People are more likely to conform to an in-group than an out-group
People have an enhanced capacity for empathy towards in-group members
People will make out-group distinctions based on very minimal and arbitrary criteria
Psychiatric categories provide in-groups with behavioral scripts from which behavioral uniformity may be imposed
Purity test
Social Psychology
Those who make transgressions against their in-group sometimes make amends just by being antisocial towards out-groups
UsThem-ing can be seen in toddlers and infants
We feel more positively towards people who share minimal traits with us

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