PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Realistic Conflict Theory, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Paths to discrimination: discrimination (the behavior that is directed at another group or individual based on their group membership) (cid:223) group) (cid:223) Stereotype (the belief; associated with human cognition; it is automatic) Intergroup conflict: robbers cave study, participants: 11 year old boys, location: robber"s cave state park, oklahoma, had three phases: Phase 2: intergroup competition; categorization plus competition led to conflict; they started raiding each other"s cabins, and setting each other"s group flags; they turned into gang members. Phase 3: intergroup competition; they were told that in order for them to eat they had to cooperate; shared superordinate goal led to cooperation and a sense of connection. Efficiency of employers hired under affirmative action (holzner & Neumark)(cid:224) asked bosses to complete a survey and state their levels of satisfaction with their employees that were hired under affirmative; findings = the employers who received the highest ratings was not white, male, americans it was black, female,