Some Considerations about Social Identity, Social Roles, and Group Status Influence in the Evaluations of In-group and Out-group Normative and Deviant Members

Abstract

This article discusses some aspects of social identity, social roles, and group status influence in the evaluations of in-group and out-group normative and deviant members. It provides a brief literature review on constructs of social identity, self-categorization, social roles, group status, in-group/out-group and normative/deviant members. We discuss some probable interactions between group status (dominant versus subordinate), group membership (in-group versus out-group), and tar- get-member (normative versus deviant).