PSYC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ingroups And Outgroups, In-Group Favoritism, Genetic Marker
15 Sep 2020
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Prejudice: an unjustified negative attitude toward some group and its members. Often targets different cultural, ethnic, or gender group. Components: beliefs, emotions, predispositions to action (to discriminate) Explicit prejudice in north america has decreased over time. Support for all forms of racial contact, including interracial dating. Social inequalities: have often developed attitudes that justify status quo. Just-world phenomenon: good is rewarded and evil is punished. Through social identities people associate themselves with others. Evolution prepares people to identify with a group. Ingroup: social definition of who we are and are not. Ingroup bias: favoring of our own group. Implicit association tests results: even people who deny racial prejudice may carry negative associations. Lower expectations, inflated praise and insufficient criticism for minority student achievement. Unconscious, selective responses when looking at faces. Scapegoat theory: proposes that when things go wrong, finding someone to blame can provide an outlet for anger. Prejudice levels tend to be high among economically frustrated people.
