In the context of the social identity theory, distinctiveness refers to the ________

A) tendency of people who have greater uniformity in values and characteristics to have greater identification as well
B) tendency of people to link themselves to high-status groups in an attempt to define themselves favorably
C) tendency of people to use the group as a means of understanding who they are and how they fit into the world
D) tendency of ingroup members to prefer and endorse the products, ideas, and aspects of someone else's culture over their own
E) tendency of ingroup members to notice and emphasize identities that reflect how different they are from other groups

E
Explanation: E) In the context of the social identity theory, distinctiveness refers to the tendency of ingroup members to notice and emphasize identities that reflect how different they are from other groups.