PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Appraisal Theory, Chopsticks, Rational Basis Review
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Membership: grouped from special skills, family relations, gender, power etc: ie, division of labor among groups: specialization of skills and order in society imposed by powerful groups (govern) over larger society. Groups are the basic building blocks of society . Ingroup: group members tend to favor their own groups. Outgroup: " " " " not favor other groups they do not belong. Minimal group: groups formed on arbitrary or random criteria: ie, random assignment. Ppl prefer members of own group over those of other groups. ^preferences may have adaptive utility from evolutionary and practical perspectives: prejudice: form ve feelings about other groups (outgroup, stereotypes: believe certain characteristics associated w/ other groups (outgroup, outgroup= antithetical (opp. May lead to intergroup hostility and violence due to ve behavior to. Virtually all of history"s wars, battles, acts of group violence driven by form of prejudice, stereotype,
