Social Identity Theory States That Our Most Important Group Membership

Multiple Choice

Social identity theory states that our most important group membership feeds our sense of belonging and self-worth and shapes our thinking about people who are a part of that group and those who are not a part of that group. This theory would predict that we would:

A) have a difficult time distinguishing between the faces of people not in our group
B) have little in-group bias because we could see subtle differences in our own group
C) identify most strongly with people with whom we share the fewest traits
D) see all members of our in-group to be identical