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In social psychology, self-perception or identity traditionally refers to how a person experiences himself and expresses himself in his social environment. However, identity is a broader concept than the self and emphasizes the social and situational nature of the self.

According to the theory of social identity (Tajfel, 1978; Tajfel & Turner, 1979), people seek to improve their social identity by differentiating themselves positively from other groups. The premise of the theory is that people classify themselves into inner groups to which they themselves belong and outer groups to which they do not belong.