Abstract

FERNANDES, Sheyla Christine Santos  and  PEREIRA, Marcos Emanoel. Ingroup versus outgroup: the role of social identity in intergroup relations. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp. 30-49. ISSN 1808-4281.

This article provides a discussion about the importance of social identity theory to the study of intergroup relations, with special interest in the phenomena of prejudice and discrimination. Three questions were developed to guide the discussion: (1) how is the development of group belonging?; (2) how is the extent this feeling of belonging would be responsible for developing the rejection against other groups and favoritism toward the group itself?; (3) these processes can be used to explain prejudice and social discrimination? As a basis for argument, social identity is articulate to categorization processes and social comparison is use, with the identity in the center of the whole process inherent to intergroup relations.

Keywords : identity; prejudice; discrimination.

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