PSYC12H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Origin of Stereotypes
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they may think women are not as knowledgeable about cars and so will offer a higher price thinking they will accept anyway. people with lower power tend to want things which make them look richer or more powerful than they really are and so salespeople will use this to their advantage and offer higher prices: movie! General comments about how racism affects us today. Still treated worst than whites in general but things are getting better. We are almost reaching equality and are certainly better than we were in the past: origin of stereotypes, cognitive. categorization: gives us an understanding of what to expect in certain situations. In the case of stereotypes, it gives us an understanding of who they are, what they"re beliefs are, and www. notesolution. com other such important characteristics of a group. Jews are categorized as having black hats, black suits, beards, ringlet "sideburns", and as being religious.
