PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Hasidic Judaism, Gun Violence, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Wk 3 lec #2 january 24th, 2013. Initial quote for a new car by race and gender. Higher for female white vs male white the diff. between white and black is greater for men than for women. Categorization - hassidic jews: black hats, black suits, beards, ringlet sideburns , religious. Infinite number of stimuli in environment limited capacity cognitive system. Categorization & stereotypes can be useful in making predictions. Are based on a kernel of truth . But they are also over-generalizations; especially when applied to an individual. Out-group: groups to which we do not belong this simplifies social world -> us vs. them. Categorizing accentuates inter0group differences tend to think positively of in-group: ig bias. Tend to think of out-groups as all the same: og homogeneity. Gun violence in toronto - creba(w) vs. chantel dunn (b) Or, are they creating stereotypes is the media accurately portraying reality. African-american are heavily presented in news stories about crime.
