ingroup
(noun)
It is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies themselves as a member
Examples of ingroup in the following topics:
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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.
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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.