![]() ![]() ![]() Although a person belongs to several social categories simultaneously, for instance, based on their gender, ethnicity, age, or even profession or favorite sports team, we tend to categorize an individual based on the most relevant or salient category within a given context (e.g., Macrae et al., 1995 Stroessner, 1996), and/or based on our personal motivations and preconceptions (e.g., Fein & Spencer, 1997 Hugenberg & Bodenhausen, 2004). Since categorizing individuals into social groups recruits fewer cognitive resources than perceiving individuals as discrete entities does, more of the brain’s limited resources remain available and can be assigned to other cognitive tasks ( Macrae et al., 1994). Social categorization is a process through which the amount of information that the brain processes is reduced by clustering stimuli into groups based on a common characteristic (e.g., Ellemers & Haslam, 2012 Sheepers & Ellemers, 2019 Tajfel, 1982). Social categorization is one of the most investigated phenomenon in social psychology ( Hugenberg & Sacco, 2008). All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS ![]()
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