PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stereotype
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Chapter 1: intro to study of stereotyping and prejudice. Researchers say tendency to form groups has withstood time and evolution. By forming groups, can construct environment so that daily lives are easier. Membership in a group can be restricted on basis of skills, family, etc. A logical analysis of intergroup hostility suggests that there is no rational basis for disliking others just. Such ingroup behave may underlie more severe negative behave towards other groups. Tend to form closer ties with members of in group and reject, antagonize out group. Stereotypes: believing that certain characteristics are associated with certain groups. Even when it is a minimal group, assigned arbitrarily, still see the in group bias. Prejudice: negative feelings about the outgroup because they belong to another group. > important to understand that such negative attitudes form the basis for subsequent negative intergroup behav. Some fo the most intense intergroup hostility based on religious differences.
