PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Miser, Positive Psychology
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10 minutes into chapter 2 bigoted being racist anti-semetic racist borat and chappell"s show comedy central took off africa not came back. Talk about them but may or not believe them. Is it true or not meant to harm or just joke. I don"t think he really believes chicken was only for black: power, e. g. seinfeld, michael richards he thought he would be funny but not perceive that way. Richards cannot do it anyway, context has something to do with it. Cognitive process based on similarity between groups. Inherently lazy so generalize form groups and help perceive world. Generalized expectation may or may not be true. Anyone in different in contexts muslims in america vs. muslims in middle east. Bias attitude based on stereotypes perceive traits people have. Implicit vs. explicit (unaware of themselves) can be true for both stereotypes and prejudice. Bias information to like in-groups and out group bias.
