PSYCH 280 Lecture 15: Economic Motivations and Social Influence
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Estimate the number of dots on the screen. Randomly labeled as an over or underestimate. Asked to give points to those in their group and the other group. Gave more points to the ingroup people than the outgroup people. Self esteem derived from personal and social identities. Engage in ingroup favoritism to enhance self esteem. Participants divided into minimal groups based on painting preferences. Participants given the chance to allocate points to ingroup and outgroup members, and they exhibited ingroup favoritism. Ways to increase overall self esteem through group affiliation. Economic perspective - conflict over material resources that appear to be threatened. Real conflict theory - conflict creates ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism - glorifying one"s own group while vilifying other groups. Leads to increased stereotyping and discrimination on other groups. 20 boys randomly assigned to 1 of 2 summer camps. Week 1: no contact between groups, doing activities with group.
