PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Gender Role
16 May 2018
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Lecture 24 April 10th
Prejudice:
➢ Prejudice refers to the negative attitudes and associated behaviors
towards people that belong to certain groups.
➢ Prejudice has three components:
- Cognitive: Stereotypes: a generalization about a group in which
identical characteristics are assigned to all members of the group.
- Emotional: A hostile or negative orientation toward people in a
distinguishable group.
- Behavioral: Discrimination: Negative behaviors directed against
persons because of their membership in a particular group.
➢ Categorization: Our mind’s effort to try to simplify all the varied people
that we encounter in our life. Stereotyping is an example of
categorization.
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➢ Race and Gender Stereotypes:
- Racial Stereotypes: primarily descriptive
- Gender Stereotypes: descriptive as well as prescriptive.
• Benevolent Sexism:
▪ All the positive attitudes that we usually prescribe
women in our society with.
▪ Example: warm, nurturing, friendly, fragile, etc.
• Hostile Sexism:
▪ All the negative attitudes that we usually prescribe
women in our society with.
▪ Example: less intelligent, less competent, less brave, less
capable at math and science.
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Document Summary
Prejudice refers to the negative attitudes and associated behaviors towards people that belong to certain groups. Cognitive: stereotypes: a generalization about a group in which identical characteristics are assigned to all members of the group. Emotional: a hostile or negative orientation toward people in a distinguishable group. Behavioral: discrimination: negative behaviors directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group. Categorization: our mind"s effort to try to simplify all the varied people that we encounter in our life. Stereotypes are not innate, they are taught to us through socialization. Parents treat their newborns differently based on their gender and are more likely to give rise to gender stereotypes. Even when based on reality, stereotypes tend to exaggerate. Our expectations can influence differences and understate similarities between groups. other"s behaviour and confirm our stereotypes. Some research suggests that stereotypes can influence our perception in a very automatic fashion. A study asking to judge the heights of men and women.
