PSY 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psych, Implicit-Association Test, Social Dominance Orientation
4 Aug 2020
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Quickly classify people into groups by common attributes. See outgroup as similar to eachother, ingroup as more diverse. When ppl heavily identify with the group. Personality trait that indicated preference to maintain hierchy between and with groups. Tendency to overestimate variables that are only slightly or not related at all. Ppl pay attention to things that are unique; so ppl who are distinctive stick out. Different attributions of success and failure based on in and out group. Bad behaviour for outgroup = internal attribution; bad ingroup = external. When you perceive stimuli different than your expectations, you see it as more (situation) significant than it actually is. Football player getting an a on an exam = super smart. More often compared to people in your group than out. Tendency to see things in line with your expectations. Tendency to search for info that supports our views. Problematic for sensitive info like prejudice and discrimination.
