PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Racial Profiling, Social Forces, Ethnocentrism
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9/11 & iraq & afghanistan wars strong national identity express most disdain. Middle eastern muslims reciprocated negativity toward greedy and immoral for arab immigrants westerners. Shaming & flaming insults, criticisms, derogatory jokes. Overweight people marry less often, entry to less desirable jobs, make less. Perceptions of elderly predispose patronizing behaviour. Blacks, latinos, indigenous canadians, middle easterners greater scrutiny. Prejudice preconceived negative judgement of group & individual members. Attitude combo of feelings, inclinations to act, beliefs. Abcs of attitudes affect, behaviour tendency, cognition. Often supported by negative beliefs stereotypes. Attribute diffs to biology ignore powerful social forces those fields. Ex. women less likely to be in stem ignore women discouraged from entering. Prejudiced attitudes need not breed hostile acts. Racism & sexism institutional practices that discriminate. Implicit association test (iat) diff explicit & implicit attitudes toward same target. Asses implicit cognition measure speed of associations. Prejudiced & stereotypic evals can occur outside awareness.
