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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Humans are driven to create shared realities for identity validation.
  • Social identity theory provides a framework for understanding group dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine how social identity processes foster shared realities.
  • Investigate the role of self-uncertainty and group entitativity.
  • Review the construction of group norms in shared realities.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical review of social identity theory.
  • Analysis of existing research on group processes.
  • Examination of self-categorization and depersonalization.

Main Results:

  • Social identity processes (self-categorization, depersonalization) create shared identities and realities.
  • Internal states (attitudes, emotions) are frequently shared within groups.
  • Self-uncertainty motivates group identification, especially with highly entitative groups.

Conclusions:

  • Shared realities are fundamental to group functioning and identity.
  • Group-defining norms are crucial for constructing and maintaining shared realities.
  • Group-membership based influence shapes these shared realities.