[PSYCH 3CD3] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (73 pages long)
6 Feb 2017
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Attitude: psychological tendency expressed by evaluating an entity with disfavour or favour, determines value and importance feelings, cognition, behaviour. Evaluation based on own beliefs and behaviours that stem from this evaluation (pre-judgment) Modern definition: individual level attitude (positive or negative) towards groups and their members that creates or maintains hierarchical status relations between groups. In canada, there is inspiration to suppress prejudice to avoid being disliked by other people. Cultural shifts can result in people releasing their prejudiced behaviours because of the new norm (e. g. trump election causing people to let out their prejudice) Typical picture of an individual based on their group membership. Prototypes that tell us what the members of a group are like. Modern definition: associations and beliefs about characteristics and attributes of a group and its members that shape how we think about and act toward a group.
