PSYC 363 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ingroups And Outgroups, Stereotype, Social Identity Theory
12 Oct 2018
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Fall 2018
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PSYC 363 WK1 Intergroup relations
Intergroup relations
Definitions
- The study of how our behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by the groups we
belong to and how people from different groups relate to one another
- When and why do people think, feel, and act as a member of a group (“us”) and interact
with others as group members (“them”)?
- What are the consequences of this for their relations with members of some other
group (“them”)?
Criticism
- People emphasize on negative intergroup relations
- but it is only one part of the story
- Generous cross-group helping
- Much of intergroup relations is mundane
- Overemphasizes the stability of intergroup relations
- The evolving status of people who use drugs
- Fail to adequately define concepts
- Mix up cause and correlation
- Intergroup contact → prejudice??
- Fail to describe complexity
The Social Identity Approach
Historical Context
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● Taifel (1919-1982):
■ Can prejudice and discrimination exist in the absence of
- a history of hostility
- Authorization personality
- Conformity & obedience
- Competition for limited resources (“rational”/ realistic conflict)??
- Sherif showed how intergroup competition could transform the best
adjusted of boys into what seemed like “wicked, disturbed, vicious
bunches of youngsters” (boys camp studies) (intergroup comp create
hostility)
Social identity theory
■ What are the “minimal” condition for ingroup bias?
- Minimal groups paradigm
- Group categorization is necessary and sufficient to produce ingroup favoritism
- The act of mere categorization (as the IV) resulted in an expression of ingroup
favoritism - participants were inclined to maximize ingroup profit, rather than
opting for either maximum fairness or maximum joint profit
- Furthermore, in some versions of the paradigm, categorization also resulted in
outgroup discrimination - participants were inclined to maximize group
difference even at the expense of maximizing ingroup profit
■ Interpersonal - Intergroup Continuum
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Document Summary
The study of how our behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by the groups we belong to and how people from different groups relate to one another. But it is only one part of the story. The evolving status of people who use drugs. Can prejudice and discrimination exist in the absence of. Sherif showed how intergroup competition could transform the best adjusted of boys into what seemed like wicked, disturbed, vicious bunches of youngsters (boys camp studies) (intergroup comp create hostility) Group categorization is necessary and sufficient to produce ingroup favoritism. The act of mere categorization (as the iv) resulted in an expression of ingroup favoritism - participants were inclined to maximize ingroup profit, rather than opting for either maximum fairness or maximum joint profit. Furthermore, in some versions of the paradigm, categorization also resulted in outgroup discrimination - participants were inclined to maximize group difference even at the expense of maximizing ingroup profit.
