PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Rejection
16 Apr 2016
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Then ask the key q: why did you do lousy on the test? was it the quality of your answers or was it discrimination? . !1 attribution to discrimination despite knowing none of the judges discriminated > protect self-esteem. What really happens? does not look like the rational behaviour and the. In the 100% situation, 80% attributed to discrimination makes sense. In the 75% situation, most chose to blame their own poor ability despite knowing they were most likely discriminated against. Same with 50%, 25%, and 0% situation > blaming themselves in all cases except the 100% case. > clearly not trying to protect their self-esteem. > same results for women, blacks, asians. Possibility that if women were asked about their group as a whole, and not themselves individually, they would attribute more to discrimination. Crocker coined the term denial of discrimination individual who are discriminated against deny instances of discrimination in their life.
