Chapter : Psych 2990 Mid Term 2 Review
Document Summary
May rise to sexism, racism, and classism. Prejudice- an attitude toward others based solely on group membership. Prejudiced attitudes get translated into behaviour, discrimination results. Stereotypes are beliefs about the characteristics, attributes, and behaviours of members of certain groups . 22 years of worldwide data: humans react negatively to threats to homogeneity. Negatives effects are compensated in the long term by the beneficial effects of intergroup contact. Over 40 studies to consider associations between prosocial and antisocial behaviours. Prosocial behaviours with teammates and opponents were positively related. Prosocial behaviours toward teammates didn"t directly relate to antisocial behaviours directed at opponents. De (re) categorization, contact hypothesis and related approaches, and diversity training. Involves changing how we categorize people so that the new categories emphasize similarities rather than differences, ex. Experiment done on 65 fourth graders, control group was read a story, experiment group had a presentation focusing on anthropology, biology, and immigrant families in america.
