PSYC 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Collectivism, Social Forces, Bystander (Magazine)
19 Jun 2018
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Reducing Prejudice
Direct Contact
Mutual interdependence
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Common goals
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Equal status
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Contact must occur in a friendly, informal setting; members can interact one on on
Re-Categorization
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Common in-group identity model
If you are part of my team, you will no longer be an enemy and I will no
prejudice against you. Like many athletes from different teams coming
form one team.
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Interaction must allow the person to believe that the people of the outgroup he or
meeting is a typical person of that outgroup
If you like one person of a group that you have prejudice against, you must b
people of that group are like this person or you will still hold prejudice agains
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Social norms that promote and support equality among groups must be operating i
situation
Be the change you want to see in the world, basically
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Prosocial Behaviour
Voluntary behaviour that is carried out to benefit another person
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Excludes 2 types of behaviour
Actions not performed voluntarily
If you drop money and a homeless person picks it up and uses it to buy dinne
count as you doing a nice thing for that person
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Actions not performed with the intention of helping
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Helping- A. Compte 19th century
Egoistic helping- person wants something in return, is based on egoism; because th
goal of the helper is to increase his or her welfare
The person you never talk to gets a new pool and so you help him with his math
homework hoping to be invited
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Altruistic helping- person expects nothing in return, is based on altruism; because th
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Lecture 03/26
Monday, March 26, 2018
11:45 AM
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