PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Confirmation Bias, Subtyping, Dime (United States Coin)
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Eg) don cherry racist-ish? refencing - eg) disliking allows for maintenance of stereotypes and prejudice. Basically creating a category that makes them acceptable to yourself (and making feel non-racist), yet keeping the stereotype. Macrae, milne, & bodenhausen, 1994 study on if subtyping lets us save cognitive energy. Humans have developed cognitive tools allowing us to analyze social environment efficiently. They allow us to forego effortful individuation. Half given a stereotypic label (e. g. doctor, artist, skinhead). Half of the traits were stereotypic, half neutral. Mary = warm/ smart (trait), doctor (label); nigel = aggressive (t), skinhead (l) Ps heard a 2 minute passage on indonesia. Dv: recall of traits with appropriate targets; performance on multiple-choice test on passage. Stereotypes/stereotypical labels improved recall for stereotypic and neutral items. Allows us to make correct inferences about ppl. The world appears not so much as it is, but as we are. Late 40s, perception often depends on what is inside of our heads .
