Experiments in intergroup discrimination.
@article{Taijfel1970ExperimentsII,
title={Experiments in intergroup discrimination.},
author={H Taijfel},
journal={Scientific American},
year={1970},
volume={223 5},
pages={
96-102
}
}I ntergroup discrimination is a feature of most modern societies. The phe nomenon is depressingly similar re gardless of the constitution of the "in group" and of the "outgroup" that is per ceived as being somehow different. A Slovene friend of mine once described to me the stereotypes-the common traits attributed to a large human group-that are applied in his country, the richest constituent republic of Yugoslavia, to immigrant Bosnians, who come from a poorer region. Some time later I pre… Expand
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