PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cognitive Dissonance, In-Group Favoritism
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The do predict behavior relatively well when they"re: highly accessible, firmly held, stable over time, held by low self-monitors (people who filter themselves less) Unpleasant mental experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts or beliefs: because of this tension we are motivated to reduce it. Cognitive dissonance can be resolved by: changing cognitions (beliefs/thoughts/attitudes, changing behaviors. Stereotype -belief about the characteristics of members of a group that is applied generally to the most members of the group: can lead to prejudice. Prejudice drawing negative conclusions about a person, group of people, or situation prior to evaluating the evidence: can lead to discrimination. Discrimination negative behavior towards members of outgroups/preferential behavior towards members of ingroups. In-group bias -tendency to favor individuals within our group over those from outside our group. Out-group homogeneity tendency to view all individuals outside out group as highly similar.