Psychological Science (Fifth Edition)
Psychological Science (Fifth Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780393937497
Author: Michael Gazzaniga, Diane Halpern
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 12.1, Problem 2LO
Summary Introduction

To describe:

The factors that determine ingroup and outgroup formation.

Introduction:

Human beings are social creatures. In order to survive, they need to depend on fellow beings. They realized the benefits of cooperation and social interaction when they started to live in groups. Groups give a kind of social identity to every individual. By categorizing people to several social groups, the world got divided to ‘us’ and ‘them’. Ingroup includes ‘us’ and outgroup includes ‘them’.

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