My Out-Group Sociology

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As proudly defined in sociology, an in-group is demarcated as a social group to which an individual psychologically identifies as being a member. By divergence, an outgroup is defined as a social group with which an individual does not identify. For example, people may find it psychologically meaningful to view themselves according to their race, culture, gender, age, or religion. It has been found that the psychological membership of social groups and categories is associated with a wide variety of phenomena. My in-groups are families, friends from school, and husband. My out-group are people from a different race, movie stars and singers. In my opinion, I think my in-groups influenced the way I think and see the world by only accepting

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