SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Santa Barbara City College, Social Identity Theory, Henri Tajfel
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Stereotypes: unfair cognitive generalizations of an entire group. Prejudice: biased negative emotional responses to a group. Discrimination: biased behaviours towards a group. Groups are competing over material goods in which they need, which leads to: stereotyping, hostility and harassment towards the outgroup, and enhanced loyalty to the in-group. This can be reversed by making the groups work together superordinate goals. Method: sent 10-year-old boys to a summer camp. Stage 1: two groups of boys do not have contact with each other. Stage 2: the two groups discover each other and immediately do not like each other. Stage 3: competition the groups win points for winning and whichever group has the most points gets a prize at the end they are trying to take something that you want) This induces a state of negative interdependence (you don"t like them because. Hate for the other group increased here counsellors reported increased name-
