PSYC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wassily Kandinsky, Realistic Conflict Theory, Contact Hypothesis
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People have a tendency to pay attention to the victim"s behavior in a crime, instead of just the perpetrator"s. Why do we have stereotypes and prejudice: existing social structures, stereotypes & prejudice can stem from existing social inequalities (ex: prop 8 same sex marriage, they shouldn"t rise kids, immigrants etc. , social dominance orientation. Each group became cohesive: rattlers & eagles : end week 1: rattlers discovered eagles on their baseball field, counselors proposed week-long tournament. Win-lose situation with prizes: results , conflicts begin with name calling during game, escalated to flag burning, cabin ransacking , fistfights and garbage wars, boys described other group as sneaky , smart alecks stinkers, key factors. Introduce a common threat: frustration-aggression theory: scapegoating (allport 1954) If something frustrates us and we can not reconcile it with the source of our frustration, we displace it: especially likely to displace onto groups that are disliked, visible and relatively powerless.
