Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ambivalent Sexism, Visible Minority, Conventionalism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Heerey

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2070 lecture 11: prejudice: hostile or negative attitude toward people in distinguishable group, based solely on membership in the group, prejudice is affectively-based emotions linked with attitude, can involve either positive or negative affect. Job ad wording can maintain gender/job inequality: established at young age (toy trucks for boys, dolls for girls) Children ostracized and ridiculed by peers for behaving in counter- stereotypic ways. Landlords more likely to say accommodation is(cid:374)"t a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)le if perso(cid:374) is gay/lesbian, has aids, or is currently living in (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s shelter. Landlords will also say accommodation is available, until finding out that person seeking it is racially different (ex: aboriginal) In school settings, teachers recommended aboriginal students to lower program even though they have same record as other students, and teachers more unwilling to help homosexual students. Fat people are ofte(cid:374) targets of jokes, harass(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, a(cid:374)d hu(cid:373)iliatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the(cid:455)"re less likely than slender people to be hired and promoted.