Social roles, social categorization, and how they apply to social psychology.
Explore social roles, social categorization, and
how they apply to social psychology.
- Using your textbooks and other credible/scholarly sources, define the following
concepts:
● Social role
● Social categorization
- Explain why people adopt social roles.
- What happens when people experience role strain and role conflict?
- Explain why people use social categorization.
- What are the consequences (positive and negative) of social categorization?