PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: In-Group Favoritism, Stereotype Threat, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Stereotyping was once regarded as sign of moral deficiency of stereotyper, or as indicator of repressed. Cognitive psychologists found that human brain seems to almost automatically classify or categorize similar objects in environment. When we encounter person, tend to automatically assess that person on basis of our perception of that person"s features. Reason for categorization is that humans have limited capacity cognitive system that can"t simultaneously process all available info in social environment. We categorize people on basis of shared features, or even shared time and space. Based on aristotle principle of association, assume that things that are similar on basis of one feature or because they occur together will likely have other notable similarities on number of dimensions. Basic categories used so often in perceiving people that they are central points around which stereotypes develop. Others have suggested that stereotypes aren"t automatically activated for stimuli. Some research suggests that upon perceiving category words (hispanic, women, etc.
