PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: George Washington Bridge, Suicide Of Tyler Clementi, Implicit-Association Test
13 Dec 2017
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Psyc 2700 - lecture 24 - stereotypes and prejudice (chapter 11) Jumped to his death from the george washington bridge on september 22nd, 2010. All attitudes: affective, behavioral, cognitive, affective = prejudice, behavioral = discrimination, cognitive = stereotype components. Like all attitudes, attitudes toward different social groups are composed of three components: affective. Prejudice ; a negative attitude or affective response toward a certain group and its individual members: behavioral, cognitive. Discrimination is differential treatment due to group membership. Stereotype is a generalization about a group that is seen as descriptive of all members of that group. Beliefs about minorities that are clearly bigoted and readily admitted. Open expression of bigoted views is now rare in the united states. Beliefs about minorities that appear positive, but racism is revealed in subtle, indirect ways. Modern racism is expressed in subtle ways (gaertner & dovidio, 1977) Caucasian participants interacted with a single confederate. Caucasian participants interacted with a group of confederates.
