Many of the ideas expressed in the article “Why Groups Form so Easily: Social Identity Theory” can be found in the short film “Identity”. One such idea found in Dean’s article is that people of the same group copy each other’s behaviours. This idea can clearly be seen in the film when every student is eating junk food during lunch [except the white-masked girl]. Another idea found in this theory is that we tend to favour those in our own groups [rather than others]. It is clear that this connects to “Identity” because the students tend to only mingle with those who wear the same mask colour. Lastly, one final idea in the article is that it’s natural to be in a group with high status and good image. This idea obviously connects to the movie
