PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fusiform Face Area, Implicit Stereotype, Misdemeanor
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Readings: a neural analysis of intergroup perception and evaluation: black people are much more likely to be killed by a police 3x more likely, dramatic difference btw black and whites, another study: josh. Implict association btw black skin and other objects. They wanted to know: do participants if they were shown pictures of people holding things like guns or. Cell phone , as lo(cid:374)g as the(cid:455) see a pi(cid:272)ture (cid:449)ith a gu(cid:455) (cid:449)ith a gu(cid:374), press (cid:862) hoot(cid:863) a(cid:374)d if (cid:455)ou see a gu(cid:455) (cid:449)ithout a gu(cid:374), press (cid:862)do(cid:374)"t shoot(cid:863) People had to do this as quickly as possible having to act like a police officer; if you see a gun you have to act fast. If people were armed, and if a guy had a gun, participants made more errors and slower reaction times if the man was white it took them longer to determine whether or not he had a gun.
