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en-wikipedia-org-5479		Self-categorization theory - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4916	513	52	Self-categorization theory is a theory in social psychology that describes the circumstances under which a person will perceive collections of people (including themselves) as a group, as well as the consequences of perceiving people in group terms.[1] Although the theory is often introduced as an explanation of psychological group formation (which was one of its early goals), it is more accurately thought of as general analysis of the functioning of categorization processes in social perception and interaction that speaks to issues of individual identity as much as group phenomena.[2] It was developed by John Turner and colleagues, and along with social identity theory it is a constituent part of the social identity approach.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5479.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5479.txt