Exam 11: Intergroup Behaviour

Cooperative activities,equal status and institutional support comprise

Gene sees aspects of his life as a balancing act.He frequently finds that there is a fine line between being part of the gang and expressing his individuality.What Gene is striving to achieve is

Jenny is a staunch atheist who doesn't particularly like religious people.One day at lunchtime,her fellow atheist friend Jack starts telling Jenny about an old friend he has,Tina,who is a Christian.When Jenny discovers that Jack has such a close friend who is religious,she begins to wonder 'perhaps religious people aren't quite as bad as I thought?' This is an example of

Social creativity is a type of strategy to improve social identity when

The modern study of intergroup behaviour brings together analyses involving

The uniform behaviour of a large group of people who are gathered in the same place at the same time is referred to as

The relative homogeneity effect refers to

The social mobility belief system refers to

Sandra collects Cindy from the kindergarten and goes straight to the public swimming pool.When Cindy says 'I want to go 'wees'',Sandra whispers to 'just pee in the pool'.Sandra's suggestion is an example of a

In his book The Crowd (1908),LeBon argued that people in a crowd

In societies characterised by a social mobility belief system,individuals can improve the quality of their social identity by

According to intergroup emotion theory proposed by Mackie and her colleagues,in an intergroup context

Helga has been living here for almost a decade now.Despite her German accent she sees herself as a local.Her group identification is at the core of

Social categorisation refers to

The free-rider effect occurs when people

Group-based behavioural strategies can make individuals' social identity more positive.One way is to confront the dominant group's position directly.This is

According to Zimbardo (1970)deindividuation

An aspect of yourself arises from your group membership(s).It is your

LeBon's 1908 theory on crowd behaviour has influenced modern theories because he argued that

According to Crosby's (1982)paradox,the 'contented female worker' does not protest against her lower pay compared to her male counterparts because she