PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Polygraph, Likert Scale, Academic Dishonesty
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In the past, hostility against other races was common as it was the norm but then from 1920s it was seen as a moral defect, mental laziness, or both. From katz and braly to civil rights, and beyond. With their study, rsrchers obtained their first view of the content of racial stereotypes that. Niemann, jennings, et al point to svrl prblms with katz and braly procedure 1. Subjects were predominatnyl white and upper-class males so it can"t be generalized 2. Method requires the subject to rely on a raher ctrlld cognitive process in which the individual is actively thinking abt whether a particular trait fits into their schema for the group in questions. Niemann suggest tht the checklist might have an influence on the stereotyping. Other rsrchers did the study and found words tht participants used in opened method were diff frm the words the participats checked in ktz and braly.
