The assumed similarity effect refers to the tendency of ingroup members to perceive
a. outgroup members as similar to each other
b. outgroup members as similar to ingroup members
c. ingroup members as more similar to themselves than to outgroup members
d. ingroup members as more similar to each other than to themselves
Question 2
Which is NOT an assumption of social identity theory?
a. People are motivated to achieve through feelings of competition with outgroup members.
b. People derive a sense of self-esteem from their social identity as members of an
ingroup.
c. People's self-concepts are partly dependent on how they evaluate the ingroup
relative to other groups.
d. People categorize the world into ingroups and outgroups.