PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ingroups And Outgroups, Classical Conditioning, Illusory Correlation
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Lecture 2 the origin and maintenance of stereotypes. Repealing of sex-ed curriculum advancements in social environment since 90s; advancements but. Doug ford wants to repeal it (due to social conservative policies) that new law was on technology education (sexting) and addressing lgbtq and consensual sex = giving awareness; without this is discriminatory in ppls opinions. Where do stereotypes begin, maintain and rooted in our individual and collective culture in our groups and society. Navigation in physical and social world thru patterns. Ppl looking for meaning even when there is none out there it is how we construe/patterns we draw from a scene. We are motivated to see patterns in nonsense illusory pattern perception. If prime them to feel out of control, see images in noise: can cause, perceiving conspiracies, superstitio(cid:374)s if 2 variables change at same time, we have a tendency to think that those 2 factors are related! (cid:272)orrelatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t i(cid:373)ply causation! seeing correlations where correlations do not exist.
