Author/Editor		Kovačev, AN
Title		Teorija družbene identitete in druge teorije medskupinske diferenciacije
Translated title		Social identitity and other theories of intergroup differentation
Type		članek
Source		Anthropos
Vol. and No.		Letnik 28, št. 1-2
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 117-32
Language		slo
Abstract		Social identity theory is one of the most important theories of intergroup and ingroup behaviour and their psychic determinants. it was developed by H. Tajfel in cooperation with J. C. Turner. Tajfel distinguishes between individual and social identity. Still, the centre of his theory forms social identity. The latter includes its cognitive and connative-affective component. According ito social identity the subject forms a positive image of his own group on the basis of intergroup comparison. Some other authors also stress the necessity of preliminary social categorization, i.e. the localization of the subjects into one of both groups. The social comparison process is determined by the subject's ingroup bias. In case of a threat to the in-group stratus, the members of the group try to improve it. This can be achieved by diminishing the meaning of relevant dimensions or by leaving the group. Tajfel's theory is based on the minimal group paradigm, which was developed to determine the minimal conditions for intergroup discrimination. Although it is very original it cannot be applied to the real life situations. Therefore it has often been modified. it namely does not enable the tesing of the most of the statements of Tajfel's complex theory. beside social identity theory and its more recent derivate self-categorization theory the ingroup bias is explained by the categorization theory and selfattention theory. The interpretations of this phenomenon are derived from different perspectives. Still, all theories concentrate on three basic dimensions of its appearance, i.e. ingroup salience, status and relevance of the comparion dimensions.
Descriptors		SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION SOCIAL BEHAVIOR GROUP STRUCTURE