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in·groups and out·groups

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  1. ingroups and outgroups

    In sociology and social psychology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. By contrast, an out-group is a social group with which an individual does not identify. People may for example identify with their peer group, family, community, sports team, political party, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or nation. It has been found that the psychological membership of social groups and categories is associated with a wide variety of phenomena. The terminology was made popular by Henri Tajfel and colleagues beginning in the 1970s during his work in formulating social identity theory. The significance of in-group and out-group categorization was identified using a method called the minimal group paradigm. Tajfel and colleagues found that people can form self-preferencing in-groups within a matter of minutes and that such groups can form even on the basis of completely arbitrary and invented discriminatory characteristics, such as preferences for certain paintings.In neurology, there is an established literature about the innate propensity of the human brain to divide the world into us and them valence categories, where the exact membership of the in-group and out-group are socially contingent (hence vulnerable to the instruments of propaganda), and the intensity exists along a spectrum from mild to complete dehumanization of the "othered" group.

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  1. Ingroups and outgroups

    In sociology and social psychology, an ingroup, is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. By contrast, an outgroup is a social group to which an individual does not identify. For example, people may find it psychologically meaningful to view themselves according to their race, culture, gender or religion. It has been found that the psychological membership of social groups and categories is associated with a wide variety of phenomena. The terminology was made popular by Henri Tajfel and colleagues during his work in formulating social identity theory. The significance of ingroup and outgroup categorization was identified using a method called the minimal group paradigm. Tajfel and colleagues found that people can form self preferencing ingroups within a matter of minutes and that such groups can form even on the basis of seemingly trivial characteristics, such as preferences for certain paintings.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ingroups and outgroups in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ingroups and outgroups in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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  • الانتماءات والمجموعات الخارجيةArabic
  • indroups og outgroupsDanish
  • τις ομάδες και τις εξωτερικές ομάδεςGreek
  • ingroups et outgroupsFrench
  • csoportok és csoportokHungarian
  • ಗುಂಪುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಹೊರಗುಂಪುಗಳುKannada
  • 내집단과 외집단Korean
  • grupy i grupy zewnętrznePolish
  • సమూహాలు మరియు సమూహాలుTelugu
  • اجتماعی اور آؤٹ گروپUrdu
  • 内组和外组Chinese

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