PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 67: Circadian Rhythm, Hutu Ten Commandments, Social Dominance Orientation

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO241
• Professor: Nash, Kyle

Document Summary

Intergroup biases result from the ways in which we process information about people. Social categorization: the classification of people into groups on the basis of various attributes (e. g. fiske, 2004; taylor & fiske, 1991; ito & urland, 2003). For example, categorization of race and gender occurs at 100 and 150 milliseconds respectively. Social categorization adaptive and helpful in processing complex world. However, categorization problematic because it can lead to overestimation of between group differences and underestimation of within group differences (e. g. tajfel & wilkes, Biologists and anthropologists find more genetic variation within race than between, but yet race assumed to be biologically distinct. When placed in minimal groups" participants assume their beliefs are more similar to those of another ingroup member and more different from outgroup members. Stereotypes especially likely when we are tired, cognitively loaded, or low on mental energy (e. g. macrae et al. , 1994; pratto & bargh, 1991; wigboldus et al. , 2004;