PSYO 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eugenics, Tutsi, High Courts Of Pakistan
6 Jun 2018
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February 19th, 2018 – Stereotypes, Prejudice, & Discrimination
• Important Events
o Brown vs. Board of Education 1954
o NAACP 1957
o Little Rock Nine
o Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus
o Arkansas National Guard
o President Eisenhower
o 101st US-Airborne
o In August 1958, Arkansas Governor Orval Fabus passed a law allowing him to close
public schools to avoid integration, so in Sept 1958 he shut down all public high schools
i Little Rok, Arkasas for the etire ear. This is ko as The Lost Year.
• Intergroup Contact
o Allport’s Cotat Hpothesis
▪ Under certain conditions, direct contact between hostile groups will reduce
prejudice
• Conditions
o Equal Status
o Personal Interaction
o Cooperative Activities
o Social Norms (favoured intergroup contact)
• Did’t hae the oditios i plae to do this hoeer…
o Absolutely essential, but the culture was not ready
o Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
▪ Supreme court ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional
▪ What would be the effect of this large-scale social experiment?
• Would be able to measure prejudice (before and after segregation)
• Review of Studied Conducted During and After Desegregation
o Most increased in prejudice
▪ In practical terms (prejudice) was ineffective for the first little bit
o The slim 15% that decreased in prejudie proal opleted Allport’s laudr list of
items needed to reduce prejudice
Changes in Overt Racism
• Some social identities that expose us to stereotypes, prejudice, & discrimination
o Race/Ethnicity
o Nationality
o Gender
o Religion
o Physical Disabilities
o Mental Disabilities
o Addictions
o Height/Weight
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