PSYCH253 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: In-Group Favoritism, New Zealand National Rugby Union Team, Ingroups And Outgroups
4 Sep 2013
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Prejudice- a negative prejudgement of a group and its individual members. Sterotypes- a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people stereotypes can be overgeneralized, inaccurate, and resistant to new information; trouble comes when they are wrong. Discrimination- unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group or its members. Although overt expression of prejudice has decreased ,subtle form are still widespread. Surface when they can hide behind screen of some other motive exaggerating ethnic differences, feeling less admiration for immigrant minorities, rejecting for supposedly non-racias reasons. Primed with black face, people may react more aggressively to experimenters initially only annoying request. Powerful men who stereotype their female subordinates give them plenty of praise, but fewer resources thus undermining their performance. We see other groups as likable or competent, but not both. Social dominance orientation- a motivation to have your own group be dominant over other social groups; tend to view people in hierarchies; promoted by high-status position.
