PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Social Identity Theory, Circadian Rhythm, In-Group Favoritism
20 Mar 2013
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Ex. when we say americans are ignorant, the implicit ethnocentrism is that we (canadians) are smart and we know everything: 2. The implication that perceived differences are inborn and unalterable. All asians are bright and good at math these are not skills, not influenced by our culture) (brown, 1965) Lippmann (1922), a political journalist, described stereotype as the pictures in our heads. : a way of molding or creating an image from something. Social categorization: the basic factor of understanding stereotype. Once you categorize people, in any dimension (gender, ethnicity, age, ability, education, religion, etc. ) we end to prefer in-group over out-group: grouping people on the basis of gender ethnicity, and other attributes, consequences of categorical thinking is: Out-group homogeneity (we overestimate other groups similarity) Social identity is part of an individual"s self-concept that is based on the knowledge of one"s group membership and the value and emotional significance attached to that membership (tajfel, 1978).
