PSY-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Psych, Ambivalent Sexism, Ingroups And Outgroups
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A hostile or negative attitude toward people based solely on their membership in a group. Steroetype refers to the little pictures we carry around inside our heads. Within a given culture, stereotypes are similar socially shared. Inevitable byproduct of how we process and organize information. We form stereotypes as part of general tendency to. Form schemas and use them to interpret new, unusual information. Rely on potentially inaccurate heuristics (shortcuts in reasoning) We all have a similar representation of certain things because it helps us simply a very complex world. We categorize and form beliefs about people just like we do about objects. Our general tendency to form schemas to use them to interpret new or incomplete information about others. Many women are actually seeking special favors such as hiring policies that favor them over mean. Women seek to gain power by getting control over men. Women exaggerate problems they have at work.
