PSYC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Psych, Pituitary Gland, Homeostasis
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Discovers prejudice relating white and black to good and bad which shows prejudice. Internalizing stereotypes so they are true when they could possibly be not. For example woman are bad drivers, woman that believe it even though they might be good drivers become bad drivers because they believe in the stereotype. You don"t have to believe in the stereotype to be vulnerable to it. Claude and joshua stereotype testing, saw that people who identify their race at the start of a test do more poorly than when identifying their race at the end. Amygdala shows more activity towards black people and white people in dark lighting, thus we relate dark things to fear. Equal status- there should be equal status between the two groups in the setting win which contact occurs. Common goals- contact should occur under conditions characterized by common goals between goals. Intergroup cooperation- common goals must be attained through intergroup cooperation.
