87 - Marilynn Brewer: Social Identity and Intergroup Conflict
Stanford Psychology Podcast
Are We Different or Are We Diverse?
The need to belong can lead to all kinds of bad behaviors. There are fringe groups belonging to certain conspiracy theories and cults and gangs that turns out can be surprisingly about a sense of belonging and identity. On the one hand those group belongings or arouse some of our best instincts and willingness to cooperate and sacrifice for others but they can also arouseSome of our worst especially when it comes to distinguishing our group from other groups okay do people differ in how much they want or need to belong in the first place there are plenty of people who would say I'm really independent I am on my own by though.
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