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Henri Tajfel
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posted on 2015-06-19, 15:08 authored by Michael BilligHenri Tajfel (1919-1981) was an influential social psychologist who explored the cognitive aspects of prejudice. He conducted experiments to demonstrate how categorization affected perceptual judgement and he conducted the original minimal group experiments showing how people would identify with artificial, meaningless groups. He formulated Social Identity Theory, which has had a major impact on contemporary social psychology and he was a key figure in establishing the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology.
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- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
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Encyclopedia of Social TheoryPages
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BILLIG, M., 2017. Henri Tajfel. IN: Turner, B.S. ... et al (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, DOI: 10.1002/9781118430873Publisher
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