PSYC12H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 notes

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: do not favour, do not belong to. : grp. membership based on the most arbitrary criteria. Stereotypes: beliefs that certain characteristics are associated with other grps. Lippmann: -stereotypes describe tendency of people to think of someone or something in similar terms, having similar attributes and common features shared by each. Stereotypes tell us what social information is important. We disregard information that is inconsistent with our stereotypes. Stereotypes: negative and lazy way of perceiving others. Stereotypes: an outward indicator of irrational, nonanalytic cognition. Social cog. regard stereotypes as automatic process of categorization. Schema: cog. structure that represents knowledge about s concept or type of stimulus. Stereotypes: more specific and are subsumed within a schema. Ashmore and boca: stereotypes=a set of beliefs about the personal attributes of a grp. of people. Cultural stereotypes: shared or community wide patterns of beliefs. Individual stereotypes: beliefs held by an individual about the characteristics of a grp.

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