PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Subtyping, Pessimism, Stereotype Threat
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This class has focused almost exclusively on the dark side of psychology. Our world conspires to make us more prejudiced. Prejudice have long term effects on targets. Cognitive structures of how we categorize the world and therefore there is consequence. The environment we r in determines how it makes us more prejudices. The prejudice is still around but it is not as explicit as it use to be. Implicit stereotypes change depending on context (a) movie and iat (b) priming in context. Individual approaches means approaches that target any one person. Study: they measured implicit attitudes towards black ppl. There was good movie based on black pl being mature, family oriented and bad movie they r in gang in such. Priming is black face with a background; either good background like church and bad background like a wall of graffiti. These pictures and such can affect white ppl towards black and also how black ppl look at themselves.
