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From the Ted Talk by Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer: The sibling rivalry that divided a town
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Open Cloze
So, in the absence of stereotypes, resource conflicts and status differences, what was left? What could ________ account for ______ showing _____ preferences for the most temporary and ___________ of groups? The answer that came to ______ and his colleagues was social identity. People regularly use group membership to help determine their sense of identity. And these minimal group experiments _________ that simply being categorized as part of a group is enough to link that group to a person’s sense of self. Then, in an effort to create a meaningful identity, ____________ allocated more resources to their in-group than the out-group— ________ their group's interests despite no clear benefit to themselves as individuals.
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Original Text
So, in the absence of stereotypes, resource conflicts and status differences, what was left? What could possibly account for people showing clear preferences for the most temporary and meaningless of groups? The answer that came to Tajfel and his colleagues was social identity. People regularly use group membership to help determine their sense of identity. And these minimal group experiments suggested that simply being categorized as part of a group is enough to link that group to a person’s sense of self. Then, in an effort to create a meaningful identity, participants allocated more resources to their in-group than the out-group— pursuing their group's interests despite no clear benefit to themselves as individuals.
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