PSYC 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Claude Steele, Stereotype Threat, Medical Test
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What would you do show different people stealing bikes, testing reactions: black kid yelled at, blonde attractive woman someone helps her steal it, we don"t treat all people the same. Jennifer eberhardt: what it"s like to be the target of prejudice, subliminally exposed people to black or white faces interested in how it can influence people"s ability to recognize objects (crime and neutral objects) Black faces before crime objects better able to tell what the crime objects are with the blurrier picture. Biases are so engrained in our psyche (implicit: perceived stereotypicality of black defendants predicts capital-sentencing outcomes. In cases involving white victims, the more stereotypically black a defendant is perceived to be, the more likely that person is to be sentenced to death. Reorder categories second time and test reaction time: black american good, white american bad. White preference : faster to associate white and good & black and bad. Need neutral score (0) to be considered nonprejudiced .
