PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Minimal Group Paradigm, Ultimate Attribution Error, Stereotype Threat
18 Dec 2016
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Cognitive (beliefs stereotypes) + emotion (hostility, dislike) + behaviour (discrimination, bias) Racism is very hard to define and categorize, especially when its not overtly racist. Social categorization: the process of perceiving people as members of a social group rather than individuals. Consequences of social categorization: allows s to go beyond the information given. Allows us to ignore irrelevant information ((cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)are a(cid:271)out fa(cid:448)ourite tv sho(cid:449) of (cid:455)our do(cid:272)tor) Exaggerates between-group differences => trump and clinton supporters are very different, we think that they agree on very little, when the reality is different. We tend to treat ingroup members with generosity and compassion => good for group = good for myself. We also te(cid:374)d to e(cid:454)hi(cid:271)it (cid:858)group e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)iases(cid:859) to(cid:449)ard i(cid:374)group (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers: if so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e fro(cid:373) (cid:373)(cid:455) group does a good thing, then its attributed to the group (dispositional emphasis) If someone in our group did something bad then its because of the situation.
