PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ingroups And Outgroups, Positive Psychology, Contact Hypothesis
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Psyc12h3 - lecture 10: reducing prejudice and its effects. Embodied cognition the different ways we move our bodies cause different states of (cid:373)i(cid:374)d. : if (cid:455)ou do a (cid:858)wonder (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859) pose, (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ill feel more confident. In our class, we have focused on the dark side of psychology: psychology always seems to focus on problems and abnormalities, although, (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e a field (cid:272)alled (cid:858)positi(cid:448)e ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455)(cid:859) Context and association: how situations are framed, example: an advertisement with a minority and a white person in leadership, professor says that it is good to show minorities that they can be leaders too. Implicit stereotypes change depending on context: wittenbrink et al 2001, two movies were shown to participants, 1. Positive representation of african americans: the scores on iat shifted depending on which movie was watched, context matters = seeing images depicting diverse people can shift degree to which implicit negative attitudes are held.
