Origin and Significance. Social identity theory was developed to explain relations between groups from truly social psychological perspective. Group of answer choices True False
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Social identity theory was developed by Henri Tajfel and John Turner in the 1970s to explain how individuals derive a sense of self from their group memberships and how this affects intergroup relations. Show more…
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