ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Autism Spectrum, A Class Divided, Jane Elliot
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Prejudice is prejudgement/judgement of someone based on stereotypes and biases. 1954 robbers cave experiment by muzafer sherif that studied the roots of prejudice between. 2 groups twenty-two 11 year-old boys were divided into 2 groups at a camp each group bonded during regular camp activities, and created group names and flags, and they were unaware of the other group"s existence. However, ingroups require something that differentiates them from other groups that indicates who is in and who is out (differentiation involves defining who is part of. Us and who is not, thus causing ingroups to therefore imply the existence of outgroups) example: anyone who isn"t part of the basketball team are an outgroup; however this doesn"t mean the team members view others as inferior. Hate crimes have a great effect on its victims, causing psychological distress (depression, stress, ptsd, anger) Hate crimes target people for features of their identity.
