outgroup

Examples of outgroup in the following topics:

• Prejudice

  • Therefore, when evaluating members from other groups, or outgroups, individuals may have access to limited information and refer to predetermined ideas to make predictions about behavior.
  • The outgroup homogeneity effect is the perception that members of an outgroup are more similar than members of the ingroup.
  • This conflict causes people to search for justification for disliking an outgroup and to use that justification to avoid negative self-concept when they express their disdain.
  • This contact (1) enhances knowledge about the outgroup, (2) reduces anxiety about intergroup contact, and (3) increases empathy and perspective taking.
  • This image emphasizes the individuality of the ingroup (America) and the homogeneity of the outgroup (Slavik communists), demonstrating the principle of outgroup homogeneity.

• Stereotypes in Everyday Life

  • In other words, the creation of an us versus them mentality divides the world into an ingroup and an outgroup.
  • An ingroup is the group with which one identifies; an outgroup is everyone else.
  • However, an us versus them mentality fostered by stereotyping can be used to justify horrible treatment of an outgroup.
  • Once one feels as though someone else belongs to an outgroup, one has less difficulty treating that individual inhumanely.

• Social Identity Theory

  • To take the most extreme example, in some violent conflict such as a war, the members of the opposite group - the outgroup - are treated as identical and completely different to the those people in your group - the ingroup - which is made up of distinct individuals.
  • Thinking about individuals in one's outgroup in such a fashion allows the individual to believe that the enemy is deserving of death by dehumanizing them (more on this below).

• Race

  • Racial discrimination often coincides with racist mindsets, whereby the individuals and ideologies of one group come to perceive the members of an outgroups as both racially defined and morally inferior.