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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The ________ perspective emphasizes that stereotypes can be useful categories that allow us to process information efficiently.

Select one:

a. cognitive

b. motivational

c. sociocultural

d. economic

e. emotional

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28. A father believes that certain behaviours are more appropriate for boys than for girls. His wife has heard him share these beliefs and she wonders whether they are partly responsible for the fact that he relates differently to his son, with whom he tends to use more verbal and physical prohibition than he does with his daughter. In this example, the father's beliefs would be examples of , while the fact that he treats his children differently depending on their gender demonstrates the concept of A) gender identities, gender constancies B) sex-role stereotypes; gender preferences C) sex-role stereotypes; sex typing D) gender identities; sex typing E) gender identities; gender behaviour

28. A father believes that certain behaviours are more appropriate for boys than for girls. His wife has heard him share these beliefs and she wonders whether they are partly responsible for the fact that he relates differently to his son, with whom he tends to use more verbal and physical prohibition than he does with his daughter. In this example, the father's beliefs would be examples of , while the fact that he treats his children differently depending on their gender demonstrates the concept of A) gender identities, gender constancies B) sex-role stereotypes, gender preferences C) sex-role stereotypes; sex typing D) gender identities, sex typing E) gender identities, gender behaviour

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