PSY 319K Lecture 18: November 14 - November 16: Bias
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Tuesday, november 14, 2017 thursday, november 16, 2017. Expectations: expectations produce different attributions, stereotype-consistent described in general, trait terms; elicit dispositional attributions, stereotype-inconsistent described in specific, behavioral terms; elicit situational attributions, expectations produce a confirmation bias, expectations can change people. Self-fulfilling prophecies: when a perceiver has an expectancy about a target, they may act in such a way as to create a self-fulfilling prophecy, we determine what other people will expose to us, ends in behavioral confirmation. Realistic conflict theory (sherif et al. , 1958: real disparities or competition between groups leads to hostility (negative prejudice, e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: i(cid:373)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)ts (cid:862)taki(cid:374)g jo(cid:271)s(cid:863, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:862)per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed(cid:863) threats (cid:894)relati(cid:448)e depri(cid:448)atio(cid:374)(cid:895) (cid:272)a(cid:374) lead to prejudi(cid:272)e. Steele & aronson (1995: black vs. white performance on gre, racial gap may not actually reflect a difference in knowledge. Reducing negative effects of bias on stigmatized groups: self-affirmation protects from effects of cognitive dissonance.
