PSYC2241 Lecture Notes - Stereotype
31 Jan 2014
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Minimal groups just the mere presence of groups can lead to stereotyping/prejudice behavior: people say we should be color blind to remove stereotyping >what does it mean to ask people to be color blind when it comes to racial stereotyping, devine: stereotypes and prejudice: their automatic and controlled components, questions basically asking what you think of black americans >attitudes and awareness of cultural stereotypes, all participants are likely to show awareness of stereotypes, scenario where tenant was refusing to pay rent until owner fixed something >purposely ambiguous, some were primed with words relating to african americans >all participants regarded this ambiguous scenario as hostile if they were primed about words relating to african americans (even if the participant was not racist or trying to stereotype, however, the negative attitude is not there >the stereotyping happens automatically and then it is inhibited, they make an effort to override that behavior, greenwald et al.
