Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: The Real Group, Henri Tajfel, Nigger
17 Mar 2016
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Structure: eye of the storm, the reality of racism, triggers of prejudice, the automaticity of prejudice, erasing the lines. Eye of the storm: blue eyes vs. brown eyes, teacher jane eliot o. Judging people by the color of their eyes. First day, blue eyed people are better than brown eyed people. The reality of racism: evolutionary roots of group conflict. We"ve evolved to serve our individual interests, to put me ahead of us. We"ve also evolved to be cooperative, to put us ahead of me: we are designed for social life as well. But we"ve also evolved to be tribalistic, to put us ahead of them. Evolved to be wary and even hostile to other groups. If there was limitless food, there would not be evolution. Tribalism may be natural, but that doesn"t make it good or inevitable: nature is cruel, therefore i am cruel - hitler, dung beetles eat dung, therefore i eat dung o.
