PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Icq, Implicit Stereotype, Patricia Devine

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Daniel Levitin

Document Summary

Study:+ when+ men+ thought+ they+ were+ talking+ to+ an+ attractive+ women+ they+ rated+ her+ as+ more+ pleasant,+than+when+they+believed+they+were+talking+to+an+unattractive+one. +women+interacting+ with+men+who+believed+they+were+attractive+behaved+more+pleasantly+than+the+ones+who+were+ believed+to+be+unattractive. ++ Ingroup/outgroup+bias:+ingroup:+group+in+which+we+belong;+those+to+which+we+don"t+are+called+ outgroups. +people+are+wary+of+those+who+aren"t+part+of+their+group. +people+in+low+racial+bias,+on+ both+ implicit+ and+ explicit+ measures,+ are+ less+ likely+ to+ acquire+ negative+ association+ to+ neural+ stimuli+ in+ classical+ conditioning+ paradigm. + the+ separation+ of+ people+ into+ ingroup+ or+ outgroup+ appears+early+in+development,+and+thereafter+treat+them+accordingly. ++ 3+ months+ old+ recognize+ faces+ from+ their+ own+ group+ and+ that+ of+ africans,+ middle+ eastern,+ and+ Chinese. + at+ 6+ months+ they+ recognize+ that+ of+ chinese+ only+ and+ by+ 9+ months,+ only+ that+ of+ their+ own+racial+group. +iat+findings+suggest+that+6+year+olds+show+as+much+implicit+bias+as+that+of+10+ year+olds+and+adults. ++ Women+ show+ an+ increase+ ingroup+ bias+ for+ women+ than+ men+ for+ other+ men. + rudman+ and+ Goodwin:+ men+ and+ women+ depend+ on+ women+ for+ nurturing,+ both+ are+ threatened+ by+ male+ violence,+and+men+can"t+express+their+feelings+for+other+men+because+it+challenges+their+sexual+ identities. ++ Payne"s+ experiment+ p. + 540+ pictures+ of+ blacks+ and+ whites,+ guns+ and+ tools. + priming+ people+ with+ pictures+ of+ weapons+ leads+ them+ to+ pay+ greater+ attention+ to+ black+ faces+ that+ to+ white+ faces. +