Training and Education. The minimum education required for probation officers is a bachelorâs degree in a human service related field. The best degree to obtain if you are interested in becoming a probation officer is either in social work or in criminal justice. Other options include sociology, criminology, or psychology.
In social psychology, group polarization refers to the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.
Therefore we divided the world into âthemâ and âusâ based through a process of social categorization (i.e. we put people into social groups). This is known as in-group (us) and out-group (them). Social identity theory states that the in-group will discriminate against the out-group to enhance their self-image.The central hypothesis of social identity theory is that group members of an in-group will seek to find negative aspects of an out-group, thus enhancing their self-image.enri Tajfel proposed that stereotyping (i.e. putting people into groups and categories) is based on a normal cognitive process: the tendency to group things together. In doing so we tend to exaggerate: 1. the differences between groups. 2. the similarities of things in the same group.