PSYC 288 Midterm: Midterm 3 notes
Prejudice slides 3.13
Prejudice: attitude, Based on any category you belong to
Invisible knapsack
Abcs
prejudice=affect/feelings
discrimination=behaviors
stereotypes=cognitions/thought
Stereotypes
Pictures in our head
Generalization about a group, certain traits assigned to members of a group
Stereotype processes:
Attention to defining features, place in a category/categorize as a social group member,
once you categorize someone as a group member the stereotype is activated(categorize someone
as old, they are hard of hearing), mostly outside of conscious awareness
Can individuate at any point along the way -- can stop stereotypes and prejudice if you
are motivated, able, and conscious of it stereotype=default
Mixed model of stereotype content
Cross competence and warmth based on stereotypes towards groups
High warmth low comp: elderly, housewives pity
High comp. Low warmth: feminists career women's, jews, rich envy
High warmth high comp: in group, people like us pride
Low comp low warmth: welfare poor contempt
Discrimination: overt behavior directed toward someone bc of presumed group membership
Prejudice continued
Allports 5 levels of discrimination
●Verbal prej.
●Avoidance
●Exclusion
●Physical attack
●Extermination
■Implicit attitudes show up in subtle forms, leaning back less, less eye contact.
Nonverbal can be more harmful, makes people receiving behavior question
themselves(you dont know), overtly prejudice situations are easier to deal with
In what form does prejudice persist
Modern racism: When they are around other people may not act prejudice depending on group,
but act prejudice with close fam and friends (inwardly maintaing prejudiced attitudes)
Best studied with subtle, nonverbals
Ambivalent sexism
Hostile sexism-Ambivalent response-more hostile and negative remarks toward women(more
traditional sexism-overt), most women interpret innocent remarks or acts as being sexist
Benevolent sexism-seemingly + attitude toward women, but paternalistic
Women should be cherished and protected by her man
Why are people prejudice
Social cogn. Approach-categorization approach
Categorization and stereotyping simplifies
Cognitive bis to remember distinctive info
Covering tend to remember more negatives with news towards people who do crimes
that are people of color-easily remember negative groups
Social identity theory
Belongingness motive
External motivation to express theory
Realistic conflict theory
Limited resources lead to conflict between groups and result in increased prejudice
Immigrants steal jonu[
Study a and b
EX: present info in two groups a and b in either positive or negative light, you get less info
about group b, recall desirable vs undesirable behaviors. Remember desirable activities more accurately,
for undesirable activtiy-read most about, recall alot fewer, group b people recall more negative behaviors
when presented with people in a minority group
**jane elliot blue vs brown - people easily start to favor own groups, self esteem from in group- helps
from ousting out group
Social identity theory
In group bias-favor ingroups over outgroups in order to enhance their self esteem
Hypothesis: threats to ones self esteem(if you feel bad)-more ingroup favoritism
