In-Group Favoritism

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Psychology

Foundational Lexiconprefer our team
Executive Parlancetribal preference
Scholarly Discourseparochial altruism
Babel ZenithIn-Group Bias
Origin: Social Identity Theory

Etymology & Meaning

Preferring members of one's own group.

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