outgroup

Examples of outgroup in the following topics:

• Stereotypes in Everyday Life

  • In other words, the creation of an us versus them mentality divides the world into an ingroup and an outgroup.
  • An ingroup is the group with which one identifies; an outgroup is everyone else.
  • However, an us versus them mentality fostered by stereotyping can be used to justify horrible treatment of an outgroup.
  • Once one feels as though someone else belongs to an outgroup, one has less difficulty treating that individual inhumanely.

• Social Identity Theory

  • To take the most extreme example, in some violent conflict such as a war, the members of the opposite group - the outgroup - are treated as identical and completely different to the those people in your group - the ingroup - which is made up of distinct individuals.
  • Thinking about individuals in one's outgroup in such a fashion allows the individual to believe that the enemy is deserving of death by dehumanizing them (more on this below).

• Race

  • Racial discrimination often coincides with racist mindsets, whereby the individuals and ideologies of one group come to perceive the members of an outgroups as both racially defined and morally inferior.