PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Illusory Correlation, Contact Hypothesis, Stereotype Threat
27 Sep 2013
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Prejudice is a hostile or negative attitude toward a distinguishable group of people based solely on their membership in that group. Refers to the general attitude structure and its affective (emotional) component. Found that african american children, some already 3 years old were already convinced that it was not particularly desirable to be black. The children were offered a choice between playing with a white or black doll and the great majority of them chose to play with the white doll feeling that the white doll was prettier. Found that women in this culture had learned to consider themselves intellectually inferior to men. Female college students read scholarly articles and evaluate them in terms of competence and writing style: defining stereotypes. Male signed papers (john t. mckay) vs. Stereotype: a generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group regardless of actual variation among the members.
