What Is the Idea That We Have an Automatic Tendency

question 100

Multiple Choice

What is the idea that we have an automatic tendency to categorize each other and to form "us versus them" groups that validate our perceptions of ourselves in flattering and useful ways

• A) ingroup heterogeneity
• B) outgroup homogeneity
• C) social agents
• D) social identity theory

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Definitions:

Post-structuralist Theory

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Discourses

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Polyamory

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Non-monogamy

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