PSYC12H3 Chapter 1: C12.Chapter 1.docx
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Groups are the basic building blocks of society. When people form groups, they tend to form closer ties to members of their own group favour their own groups (ingroups) over other groups (outgroups) True even when arbitrarily assigned to groups. Such a preference forms the basis for negative feelings about other groups (prejudice) and for believing that certain characteristics are associated with other groups (forming stereotypes) Such negative attitudes also form the basis for subsequent negative intergroup behaviour. Some believe that prejudice and stereotyping are no longer a problem in us as a result of desegregation, the voting rights act and affirmative action policies. Although overt expressions of racial prejudice have declined, racism has not disappeared. Stereotype originally used to describe a printing process. Lippmann: used the word stereotype to describe the tendency of people to think of someone or something in similar terms that is, having similar attributes based on a common feature shared by each.
