PSYC12H3 Chapter 1: chapter 1
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Chapter one: introduction to study of stereotyping and prejudice: formation of groups is key evolutionary social behaviour, h/w, negative things happen as a result: It"s a way of simplifying confusing info from the world using representations that serve as templates: stereotypes help us determine what social info is important or irrelevant in our environment. this however, causes us to accept stereotype consistent information and reject schema inconsistent info: stereotypes are culture-dependent, stereotyping is a normal psychological process, often viewed as a lazy, irrational, illogical way of processing the world. cultural shared or community wide patterns of beliefs. Individual beliefs held by an individual about characteristics of a group: important to consider distinction because when administering tests/experiments, need to keep in mind that culturally consistent options may restrict the participant"s responses if they hold individual stereotypes. Is stereotyping an attitude: attitudes=gerna evaluation of some object. attitudes tend to be categorized as either good/bad.
