Social Identity Theory: Favoring Our In-Group
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Social Identity Theory: Favoring Our In-Group

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 12 July 2026 · View published page ↗

Social identity explains our preference for in-groups even without valid reasons.

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Leon Festinger had established in 1954, in Psychological Review
+Leon Festinger had established in 1954, in Human Relations, that
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published a highly influential paper in 1991 in the Journal of Social Iss
+published a highly influential paper in 1991 in Personality and Social Ps

Why this is better

Body text already correctly cited both journals (Human Relations for Festinger 1954, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin for Brewer 1991). However, the bibliography/references list entry for Brewer (1991) still had the stale incorrect journal name 'Journal of Social Issues'. Corrected the bibliography entry to 'Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin' to match the body text and the actual published source, PUT to the live post, and verified via re-fetch that the fix landed cleanly with no other fields affected. FAQ field checked (decoded via base64/json/base64/json) - no mention of Festinger or Brewer in the FAQ, so no FAQ fix was needed.

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