Social Identity Theory and Self‐categorization Theory: A Historical Review

By Matthew J. Hornsey. 2008

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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CSR and Customer Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Customer Engagement (2018, positive): “According to social identity theory [59] and self-categorization theory [60], individuals categorize and identify them with those groups they find similar to their own-selves.”
Social norms, social identities and the COVID‐19 pandemic: Theory and recommendations (2021, background): “A dominant framework for understanding how social norms form, change and operate is the social identity approach (Reicher et al., 2010; Spears, 2021), developed in social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) and self‐ categorisation theory (Turner et al., 1987; see Hornsey, 2008, for a review).”
Why Facts Are Not Enough: Understanding and Managing the Motivated Rejection of Science (2020, background): “Social identity theory has documented several motivations people have to internalize and exemplify the attitudes and values of their groups: It helps maintain a sense of distinctiveness, reduce uncertainty, and provide social connection (for a review, see Hornsey, 2008).”
The joy of pain and the pain of joy: In-group identification predicts schadenfreude and gluckschmerz following rival groups’ fortunes (2015, background): “…and van Dijk 2014), the uplift in feelings presumably based in part from an enhanced social identity was palpable (e.g., Gaertner and Insko 2000; Hornsey 2008), and indeed Leach and Spears (2009) found that schadenfreude toward an outgroup is associated with improved in-group evaluations in the…”
The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online (2019, background): “Through the lens of these group evaluations, people perceive themselves in terms of group characteristics and view in-group members as more similar and out-group members as more different (Hornsey, 2008).”
A processing fluency explanation of bias against migrants (2010, background): “Minimal groups have proven to be an invaluable tool in the analysis of in-group bias (Hornsey, 2008), and we believe that they have a further role to play in the analysis of migrant bias.”
Past, Present and Future Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach (2014, background): “they are unlikely to be simultaneously salient (Hornsey, 2008; Tajfel & Turner, 1987; Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Reicher, &Wetherell, 1987).”
Social Categorization and the Perception of Social Groups (2012, background): “Tajfel (1969, 1982) established a rich theoretical tradition exploring the implications of the epistemic and identity functions served by social categories (for a recent review, see Hornsey, 2008).”
When groups help and when groups harm: Origins, developments, and future directions of the “Social Cure” perspective of group dynamics (2019, background): “…Theory (Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Reicher, & Wetherell, 1987) have defined and elucidated this social dimension of self, and evidenced the emotional, cognitive, and behavioural impact of the sense of ‘we-ness’ that results from belonging to the groups that form our social worlds (see Hornsey, 2008).”
Gender Stereotypes and Their Impact on Women’s Career Progressions from a Managerial Perspective (2021, background): “Due to this perception, people tend to self-categorize themselves into different categories as suggested by social identity theory and self-categorization theory (Hornsey, 2008).”
Sexy, Strong, and Secondary: A Content Analysis of Female Characters in Video Games across 31 Years (2016, background): “Individuals desire to see their groups cast in positive roles in media (Hornsey, 2008) because such portrayals foster a positive self-concept (Tajfel, 1978).”
Respect in Organizations: Feeling Valued as “We” and “Me” (2017, methodology): “Following self-categorization theory (Hornsey, 2008; J. C. Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Reicher, & Wetherell, 1987), individuals make sense of their social world by organizing themselves and others into meaningful categories.”