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The Social Identity Approach

In this issue, we give you ‘just enough essential parts’ to understand this key approach to explaining human behaviour

The Social Identity Approach (SIA) is comprised of Social Identity Theory (SIT) and Self-Categorisation Theory (SCT). It is a large and influential theory of how people’s thoughts, attitudes and behaviours are affected by their social group memberships.

Henri Tajfel developed SIT in the early 1970s.

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