In the Context of the Social Identity Theory, Distinctiveness Refers

question 68

Multiple Choice

In the context of the social identity theory, distinctiveness refers to the ________.

• A)tendency of people who have greater uniformity in values and characteristics to have greater identification as well
• B)tendency of people to link themselves to high-status groups in an attempt to define themselves favorably
• C)tendency of people to use the group as a means of understanding who they are and how they fit into the world
• D)tendency of ingroup members to prefer and endorse the products, ideas, and aspects of someone else's culture over their own
• E)tendency of ingroup members to notice and emphasize identities that reflect how different they are from other groups

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Definitions:

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