Abstract
Humans benefit from living in groups, and this results in social organization consisting of ingroups and outgroups. Ingroups are the groups to which individuals both belong and psychologically identify, while outgroups are those to which individuals do not belong or identify. Categorizations based on ingroup-outgroup distinctions have a profound impact on social interactions, including aspects of prejudice, reward allocation, stereotyping, and group conflict. Various explanations are discussed for the pervasiveness of ingroup-outgroup categorizations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118663202 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781405189781 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Social Sciences