PSYCH 3CD3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ingroups And Outgroups, Stereotype, Social Identity Theory
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Key terms: prejudice stereotypes and discrimination are 3 concepts that interact, prejudice is an attitude; they are psychological tendencies that is expressed by evaluating an entity. It is a(cid:374) e(cid:448)aluate, it is to judge or (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulate the (cid:448)alue or so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g"s (cid:449)hether it is a person based on group membership, it can be many things. Stereotypes and stereotyping: we used to think that people who stereotype are bad people, psychologist have said that it is an automatic process at the root of which is categorization. It is a cognitive shortcut that allows us to navigate the world easily: categorization is the root for stereotyping. If they information in the category is negative, this is how we will react to the remembers in the categories. It is such an automatic process; it occurs to simplify life: even 6 month old babies use categories, we do not have to be taught how to do it. Research evidence: taylor exposed participants to a conversation.
