PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Subtyping, Henri Tajfel
17 Nov 2017
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Belief about a specific group of people. Lippman (1922)- little pictures we carry around inside our heads . Generalizations about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members. You do not need to believe it in order for it to affect your attitudes and behaviors. People have a stereotype that black people are better at sports, so they rate a picture of a black man as being better at basketball even though they have not other information. Fourth graders were asked to make attributions about academic success- boys were more likely to make internal attributions whereas girls were more likely to make external attributions. The apprehension experienced by members of a minority group that their behavior might confirm a cultural stereotype. Example: asian women are traditionally considered better at math.
