PSY323H1 Lecture Notes - In-Group Favoritism, Domineering, Linda Miles
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9/27/12 4:01 pm: stereotypes= knowledge structures associating members of a social category with specific attributes, people know the same cultural stereotypes but differ in how much they endorse them. Age, race, height, built, occupation: once we categorize individuals we automatically activate stereotypes in line with that categorization. Participants then read personality, social group, and occupational descriptions of 15 members of each group. E. g. , dotack, an ackmian who raises children, is outspoken, compassionate, and reliable; Damorian is an orinthian who works in the city and is individualistic, warm, and creative. Each description included one agentic, one communal, and one gender neutral trait. i. e. , all are equally masculine and feminine. Despite being equally masculine and feminine, the different groups had different social roles. The ackmians were typically (12/15) child rearers. The orinthians were city workers (12/15) Some participants learned that the groups were different species, others learned that the groups were subcultures of the same species.