PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Authoritarianism, Racial Profiling
1 Oct 2013
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Knowledge of the law and follow the law. Personality characteristics (that police officers tend to have) Believed there are no differences in psychological disorders or intelligence (thought police officers were only strong) Suspiciousness, conservative, more authoritive, high levels of loyalty/physical courage, self- assertiveness, cynicism, secretiveness. Cop culture values: suspiciousness, cynicism, conservatism, outgroup prejudice, pessimism, pragmatism solidarity, action-orientated, strong sense of mission. 3 clusters: physical courage, self-assertiveness, pragmatism, sense of mission, action. Trained to response to wrongdoings, responsible/have authority to react. Required/beneficial traits, some traits developed because of the role: suspicion, pessimism, cynicism, loyalty, solidarity, secretiveness. Tendency to want to feel close to a group, sense of common identity. Secretiveness within group when sharing information, feeling misunderstood by outsiders, creates suspicious outsiders. View of humanity that everyone would be a criminal if they could (cynicism) creates a pessimistic outlook on society: authoritarianism, conservatism, prejudice.
