| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations |
| Editors | John M. Levine, Michael A. Hogg |
| Publisher | SAGE PublicationsSage CA: Los Angeles, CA |
| Pages | 197-199 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781412972017 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781412942089 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Abstract
Depersonalization is a concept developed by self-categorization theorist John Turner and his colleagues in the 1980s to refer to the process of thinking of the self at a particular time as a group member rather than as a unique individual. Depersonalization can be seen as a process of stereotyping, but unlike other forms of stereotyping related to perceiving other people as group members, it involves self-stereotyping. To put it another way, depersonalization is the transformation from thinking of oneself as “I” or “me” to “we” or “us.”.