PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Fidel Castro, Visible Minority, Monoculturalism
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Tajfel, 1982: (cid:392)what are the minimal conditions that form the basis of an intergroup dimension that will yield discrimination? (cid:393) Had 14-15 year old boys evaluate paintings. They are put in 3 person groups (1 person who shares painting preference and one person who doesn"t) They were told to distribute money using one-of-3 allocation scheme. Maximum joint profit (equal for all 3) Example: to spend and each gets . Give more money to the person that prefers the same painting that you do. Want to hurt the other group more than you want to help yourself. Make gap between the two of you as big as possible. Humans attach surprising significance to even small differences. Prefer ingroup favoritism, then maximum difference (mip > md > mjp) This was meant to be the control condition. They assumed kids wouldn"t care about painting preferences and therefore would share the money equally.
