Associating oneself with negative group representations because there are no alternative images to identify with is <u>self-stereotyping</u>.
<h3>What is Self-stereotyping?</h3>
Self-stereotyping occurs when a person incorporates widely held in-group characterizations into their self-concept.
There are two types of self-stereotyping: negative and positive.
Positive stereotypes are more readily accepted and attributed to individuals and groups, whereas negative stereotypes are rejected.
Individuals, on the other hand, may embrace negative self-stereotyping when it protects them from failure and poor judgment being attributed to their performance rather than the group's performance.
As a result, because there are no other images with which to identify with, someone may seek to associate oneself with negative group representations.
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