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minimal group paradigm  

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  • Definition The minimal group paradigm is a procedure that researchers use to create new social groups in the laboratory. The goal is to categorize individuals into groups based on minimal criteria that are relatively trivial or arbitrary. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Minimal Group Paradigm]

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