| 1. | Slang terms are often known only within a clique or ingroup.
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| 2. | This theory is primarily based on the concept of ingroup members.
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| 3. | Decategorization often causes ingroup members to perceive fewer similarities among themselves.
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| 4. | Vicarious contact involves simply observing an ingroup member interact with an outgroup member.
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| 5. | On top of this, outgroup and ingroup attitudes may reinforce each other.
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| 6. | This categorization ( ingroup vs . outgroup ) is often automatic and unconscious.
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| 7. | An ingroup is an interdependent set of individuals with which a person identifies.
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| 8. | Various kinds of language peculiar to ingroups can be named across a semantic field.
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| 9. | Conversely, when perceiving an ingroup the outgroup members may not be psychologically available.
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| 10. | In such circumstances there is no ingroup-outgroup categorization and thus no accentuation.
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