Group Identity and Ingroup Bias: The Social Identity Approach

This article discusses the social identity approach (social theory and self-categorization theory) for understanding children’s ingroup biases in attitudes behaviors. It is argued that developmental research on bias will be enhanced by more fully considering implications of this approach. These include (a) conceptualization group identity, (b) importance reality epistemic motivation, (c) role processes normative influence projection, (d) relevance moral considerations. four have not been considered literature but indicate offers possibility theoretically integrating empirically examining various involved biases.