PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Name Calling, Information Processing, Henri Tajfel
8 Dec 2015
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Prejudice: affective component, a negative emotional reaction to a group and its members an. Out group, we don"t identify with this group: cognitive component, beliefs about the characteristics of a group and it members unfair generalizations. Discrimination: behavioural component, negative behaviour towards someone based on their membership in a group, genocide i don"t hold doors for martians. Prejudice arises from competition (real or imagined) between groups. Competition based on material goods: realistic group conflict theory (sherif) Competition based on non-material goods : social identity theory (tajfel) Prejudice arises as a result of cognitive processes that lead us to stereotype outgroups. Development of stereotypes: illusory correlations, outgroup homogeneity. Maintenance of stereotypes: outgroup homogeneity, information processing biases. Competition over material goods leads to: stereotyping, hostility towards the out-group, harassment of the out-group. This can be reversed by making the group members work together: superordinate goals goals that the group share. Robber"s cave field experiment (sherif et al. , 1961)
