Abstract
Attractiveness of normative and deviant members as function of group status and group membership
Highlights
Urbano P.Canavarro J.; (2019) Attractiveness of normative and deviant members as function of group status and group membership, Journal of Aging & Innovation, 8 (3): 181- 194 in our point of view, “to understand the human mind and the behaviors it produces, we must appreciate that those minds—and the bodies to which they are attached—evolved, developed, and act in the context of their ecological and social environments” (Smaldino, 2019)
For the simple purpose of the present article, group can be seen as a formation of two or more individuals which are dependent from each other and are in interaction between themselves to achieve certain goals (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2007; Crano, 2000; Forsyth, 2006; Hogg & Tindale, 2001; Roman, 2010). It can be said — in this same context —that group has two basic features: organization—what is necessary that group could reach goals; dependence and interaction between the members of the group—what makes the members of the group to occupy appropriate social roles or if to say in other words, place in the group (Hogg & Tindale, 2001)
In this paper we discuss some aspects of social identity, selfcategorization, social roles, group status and the perception of in-group and out-group homogeneity
Summary
The idea of the self as composed by several identities has a very distinctive history stretching back a long way, at least to William James (1981/1890). The term social role refers to the sum of individual’s ways of behaviour which are specific to appropriate activity, a set of communal expectations and realities that are associated with a particular social position (Biddle, 1979). The main explanation of social roles and their characteristics is the Role Theory proposed by Biddle (1979) It states that individuals are performers of social roles and have expectations towards the behaviour of themselves and others (Biddle, 1986). This means that expectations determine social roles According to this theory, the most important characteristic of social behaviour is a fact that people act differently from each other depending on social identity and situation individuals is involved in. “Social role identities are important components of self-concept, perceptions locating persons in the larger atmosphere of social relationships. Identities reflect currently held roles, and can reflect past roles or roles aspired
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