PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Confirmation Bias, Subtyping, Forego
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Confirmation bias- we don"t see the world as it is, we see it as meads. Video: with a girl being trialed with killing a classmate with a screw driver and that she should be charged with black male charges. Atleast one racist person voted for obama. Don chair: he disliked french canadians, but when he was pushed upon it, he would deny it, and say that he has french people as friends. He also claims that he voted for obama, then how can he be racist. He says obama is black but he is not really black. By having a subtype you can dislike the group still, but with an exception of the few. This allows for maintenance of stereotypes and prejudics. The reason people hold on to stereotypes its because they feel less fatigued by using them. Humans have developed cognitive tools allowing s to analyze social environment efficiently. They allow us to forego effortful individuation.