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Social psychology

a theory explaining how people shift between seeing themselves as individuals and as interchangeable group members depending on the social context.

In social psychology, self-categorization theory refers to a theory explaining how people shift between seeing themselves as individuals and as interchangeable group members depending on the social context. This meaning comes from Turner (1994) in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.[1]

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References

Turner, J. C., Oakes, P. J., Haslam, S. A., & McGarty, C. (1994). Self and Collective: Cognition and Social Context. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20(5), 454-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167294205002

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