PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Minimal Group Paradigm, Henri Tajfel, Derogation
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The general assumption (usually left unexamined) that we see reality accurately, correctly, that we are normative, we make sense. We therefore can use our understanding of ourselves as a basis from which to judge others. People who are similar to us are obviously also nice, decent people like we are but people who differ from us are weird, deviant, deficient in some way. We extend our self-serving biases to whatever we identity with, such as out in-groups. It doesn"t take much to prefer us vs them i. e. minimal group paradigm (tajfel & You"re either with us, or you"re with the terrorists. We need to respect that situations have enormous power over people"s behavior. Put good people into bad situation and they will do bad things. Wanted to go back and prove he wasn"t a bad prisoner. Effort justification, spreading of alternatives, post-decisional biases. When a person behaves a certain way they attempt to explain their beliefs.
