Comments on: The Minimal Group Paradigm

By: Yankees Fans Use Homophobic Song to Harrass Rivals « Dialogic Magazine

Yankees Fans Use Homophobic Song to Harrass Rivals « Dialogic Magazine — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:59:00 +0000

[...] to everyone that this behavior represents a sick society. Team affiliation follows the rules of the minimal group paradigm: humans appear to be willing to form meaningful groups based on just about anything. Sports just [...]

By: Restructure!

Restructure! — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:18 +0000

Bonus points for the XKCD comic.

By: Restructure!

Restructure! — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:58:41 +0000

Macon D,

See: Tajfel H., (1970) Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination

The “groups” that Tajfel created were even more arbitrary than “white”, “male”, and “heterosexual”. They were “over-estimator” and “under-estimators” of numbers of dots, or preference for Klee or Kandinsky paintings. However, the participants were actually assigned to these groups randomly, so they did not have any previous identity of being over/underestimators or previous identity of liking Klee/Kandinsky.

Compared to these randomly-assigned categories, the categories “white”, “male”, and “heterosexual” are relatively blatant and have been constantly reinforced throughout the individual’s lifetime.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:18:09 +0000

Awesome cartoon!!

By: I know my team is better than yours because… « Eclectic Grounds

I know my team is better than yours because… « Eclectic Grounds — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:49:55 +0000

[...] Cartoon by xkcd. Thanks to lisa. [...]

By: macon d

macon d — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:43:26 +0000

Interesting, and convincing, but of course, it gets more sticky with majority categories. Like, white folks, and men, and heterosexuals. In many situations and/or contexts, the members are both aware and unaware that they’re members of the group. So much of what constitutes the group solidarity and all that goes with it is assumed, universalized, naturalized, and so on.

How does social psychological research account for this phenomenon?

By: MidSouth Mouth

MidSouth Mouth — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:21:25 +0000

Compare Kurt Vonnegut’s “granfalloon” concept.

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