PSYC 2310 Lecture 15: Intergroup Relations

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Interaction is at individual level but the intergroup behaviour is when people come together in a group and interact (cid:1741) dyadic level (cid:1741) intergroup level. Social cognition: categorization (cid:1741) categorization is fundamental (cid:1741) lumpings things together in groups. Category accentuation etc. (cid:1741) what personality girls have based on their photos and what personality boys have based on photos (cid:1741) the group that was gender highlighted, their personalities were described more stereotypically (cid:1741) 1. We have to simplify things in our environment (cid:1741) 2. We have to create shortcuts (cid:1741) 3. Categorization is an efficient way to deal with wide stimuli. Social categorization (cid:1741) 2 different types: natural categories vs. social categories. Social categorization is when we put people into groups based on common attributes (things we feel are relevant at the time) Some categories we notice in our first interaction (cid:1741) it makes us uncomfortable if we cannot determine if someone is a man or a woman (cid:1740) 1.