SOP-3004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Realistic Conflict Theory, Fraternities And Sororities, Social Dominance Orientation
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Key words: minimal group experiment, realistic group conflict theory, behavioral immune system, social dominance orientation, extrinsic religiosity, intrinsic religiosity, fundamentalism, quest religiosity, derogation. Minimal group experiment: researchers ask people how many dots on a projector and they (researchers) randomly told people they were either an overestimator or an underestimator. In a different task the participants had to give money to others who are overestimators or underestimators. They gave more money to people in their ingroup. Says we favor our group more than outgroup. Realistic group conflict theory: think negative prejudice and stereotypes came out of competition between groups for resources. (threat that leads to prejudice) Being concerned about being sick leads to a lot of prejudice against out groups. Behavioral immune system: how we stay away from potential harmful things in our environment associated with disease. These are psychological mechanisms that help us avoid it. Disease threat video: many cultural norms we have are buffers against disease.
