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What is identity? A social psychological perspective

What is identity? A social psychological perspective. Rupert Brown University of Sussex. What is identity? A social psychological perspective. What is it? How is it assessed? How has it been used?. What is it?.

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What is identity? A social psychological perspective

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  1. What is identity? A social psychological perspective Rupert Brown University of Sussex

  2. What is identity? A social psychological perspective • What is it? • How is it assessed? • How has it been used?

  3. What is it? • Social identity is “that part of an individual’s self-concept which derives from his knowledge of his membership of a social group (or groups) together with the value and emotional significance attached to that membership” (Tajfel, 1978). • Awareness, Strength (Commitment), Meaning

  4. How is it assessed? • Awareness • Who am I? (Kuhn & McPartland, 1954) • Self classification(Bennett et al., 1998) • Strength (Commitment) • Being X is an important reflection of who I am (Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992) • I feel good about my group (Ellemers et al., 1999) • I am glad to belong to the X group (Brown et al., 1986) • Content • Identity functions (Deaux et al., 1999) • Ideological aspects (Reicher & Hopkins, 2001)

  5. How has it been used? • As a meta-concept • Demarcating the social field (vs. personal identity) • As an explanatory or mediating variable • Responses to threatened identity (e.g. Branscombe et al., 1999) • Predicting involvement in collective action (Simon et al., 1998) • As a moderator variable • Perceptions of deprivation (Tropp & Wright, 1999) • Effects of intergroup contact (Brown & Hewstone, in press)

  6. Some useful sources • Ashmore, R.D., Deaux, K., & McLaughlin-Volpe, T. (2004) An organizing framework for collective identity: articulation and significance of multi-dimensionality. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 80-114 • Brown, R. (2000) Social Identity Theory: past achievements, current problems and future challenges. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 745-778. • Ellemers,N., Spears, R. & Doosje, B. (2002) Self and social identity. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 161-186 • Simon, B. (2004) Identity in modern society. Oxford: Blackwell • Tajfel, H. & Turner, J.C. (1986) The social identity theory of intergroup behaviour. In, S. Worchel & W.G. Austin (Eds) Psychology of Intergroup Relations. Chicago: Nelson-Hall

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