PSYC12H3 Lecture : Lecture 5
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Iat: strength of association b/n 2 concepts ex. Race and goodness; white with good and black with bad. Game: shoot the person with the gun and don"t shoot w/out gun; black and white targets. Results: the higher the rate = the more errors made; the unarmed bars had more errors; ppl r more likely to make a mistake/shoot when it"s an unarmed targetbias to shoot. People made more mistakes when it was a black unarmed manmore likely to shoot. People were more likely to not shoot white men that were armed rather than armed black menmore likely to be shot by white ppl! Police forces were measured; smaller bias; less mistakes; but bias still exists; police should be trained. How can we explain how a nation of ppl facilitated holocaust: obedience to authority, follow others, environmental/resource pressures. *certain personality types are more prejudiced than othersex.