Social categorization and intergroup behaviour

Tajfel, H., Billig, Bundy, & Flament, C. (1971). Social categorization and intergroup behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1(2), 149-178.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1971

Volume

1

Issue

2

Pages

149-178

DOI registrant

Wiley

Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2420010202verified

Cited from

psychology

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Primes

• In-Group / Out-Group
  • The minimal-group paradigm shows that the asymmetry arises with astonishing ease, that the line need carry no real stakes for differential allocation to follow.

    This sourceFoundational minimal-group experiments demonstrating that categorization into meaningless groups suffices to produce in-group-favoring reward allocation.

• Social Identity Theory
  • In the foundational studies of Tajfel, Billig, Bundy, and Flament (1971), participants are randomly assigned to groups using trivial criteria — preference between paintings by Klee versus Kandinsky, or coin flip — and are then given the opportunity to allocate points or money between an in-group member and an out-group member, with no direct benefit to themselves.

    This sourceFoundational minimal-group experiments demonstrating systematic in-group favoritism in resource-allocation tasks under arbitrary categorization, with no prior antagonism, history, or material stake.

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