PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Realistic Conflict Theory, Psy, Psych

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Diaz

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Emotion was the best predictor of attitudes for the groups toward which participants were least prejudiced were most prejudiced. Symbolic beliefs best predicted attitudes for the groups toward which participants. Stereotypes didn"t strongly predict attitudes toward any of these groups when. Emotion is also a strong predictor of the prejudice that minority groups feel toward emotions, symbolic beliefs, and behaviour were taken into account majority groups. Thus, the more negative emotion people expect to feel while interacting w members of another group, the greater their prejudice toward that group- regardless of whether their group is in a majority or minority position. Participants in a bad mood described various ethnic groups in more negative terms than did those who were in a good mood or a neutral mood. Focusing on feelings about the discriminatory situations did not affect people"s symbolic beliefs or their stereotypes of blacks.