PSYC 3030 Study Guide - Final Guide: List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate, In-Group Favoritism, Family Therapy

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Social cognition: categorization: categorization is one of the fundamental cognitive processes in humans, the lumping together of objects and events into meaningful groupings (brewer & miller, Why do we categorize: the way our mind works, to reduce complexity of the world. Principle of least effort: human cognitive capacity is limited, categorization is an efficient way to deal with wide stimuli. Helps us to talk about what is happening around us. Social categorization: natural categories vs social categories, social categorization is classification of people into groups based on common attributes, natural. In group favouritism: tajfel et al (1971) experiment on minimal group paradigm. Boys were allocated to two meaningless groups (preference for two abstract artists) Most participants put circle somewhere in the centre of the matrix: relatively fair: nobody gave more money to out-group than in-group. Participants didn"t give the highest money to in group: then out-group gets more money. Out-group homogeneity: bingham and barkowitz (1978) study:

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