Chapter 2 - Optimal Distinctiveness Theory: A Framework for Social Identity, Social Cognition, and Intergroup Relations

By Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Cynthia Pickett, M. Brewer. 2010

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Subfields: Safety Research, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Safety Research

1. Paul E. Smaldino
2. Amir Goldberg
3. Gerd Gigerenzer

In Social Psychology

1. Christopher Potts
2. Sameer B. Srivastava
3. Amir Goldberg

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Sameer B. Srivastava
2. Christopher Potts
3. Paul E. Smaldino
4. Amir Goldberg

Citations in the corpus

• Fitting In or Standing Out? The Tradeoffs of Structural and Cultural Embeddedness (2015, background): “Previous work suggests this tension is best resolved by either choosing a position that is optimally poised between integration and distinctiveness (Leonardelli, Pickett, and Brewer 2010) or by shifting one’s level of conformity over time—initially adopting a compliant identity to gain acceptance…”
• Models Are Stupid, and We Need More of Them (2017, background): “I first became involved in this research in graduate school, when I was approached by two social psychologists working within the domain of optimal distinctiveness theory (ODT; Brewer 1991; Leonardelli et al. 2010).”