PSYC12H3 Lecture 1: Lecture Notes 1-8
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It feels good to blame others for not getting what u want. Review: polictical correctness can improve implicit prejudice, you are more likely to remember stereotype consistent information- ex: mom cooking. Interacting with different kindsof ppl, social media can help reduce prejudice. In the 1920s , prejudice was considered to be pathological. But later ppl realized prejudice is normal brain process that occurs in every human: till (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)s, p(cid:396)edjudi(cid:272)e (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eall(cid:455) studied. I(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)s a(cid:374)d (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)s the(cid:455)(cid:272)o(cid:374)sisde(cid:396)ed it patholigicla and then later studied the cognition and as a part of categorization. Prejudice arose due to a tendency to categorize ppl as ingorup and outgroup: with advance in technology we studied implicit and explicit. Learning theory- suggests that ppl are predjucied due to the response prejudice. If i made a stereotype joke and ppl laugh, i would ocntinue this since it is reinforced: prejudice was heighten in 1950s since ppl were interested in figuring the nazis.
