01:830:220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Identity Theory, Stereotype
1 Mar 2018
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Prejudice: negative attitudes towards a group, emotional how a person feels about a certain group. Social identity theory: elf estee(cid:373) goes up whe(cid:374) we"re i(cid:374) groups with si(cid:373)ilar people, us vs. Them: consider people more favorable when they have something in common. Personal vs. social identity continuum: two distinct ways to categorize ourselves. Attribution: trying to figure people out, why they are how they are. Actor-observer effect: others: who they are/personality, us: situational causes. Contact hypothesis: stay away from people who are unlike us, see others as individual, reduces anxiety, sees similarities between groups. Everyone wants to be at the top because they can acquire more resources. Representativeness heuristic: (cid:862) tereotypi(cid:374)g(cid:863, prototype: part of a group. Claire: the princess, parents use her to get back at each other, only cares about herself, top of social ladder. Ignored by popular kids: late physical maturity.
