PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: System On A Chip, Balance Theory, Henri Tajfel
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Ch. 1 introduction to the study of stereotyping and prejudice. Tendency to form groups is a basic part of the nature of animals and humans as it has survival benefits successfully withstood time and evolution (fighting of predators, raising offspring successfully, etc. ) They form closer ties with members of their own group and they tend to be suspicious and rejecting of members of other groups. They favour their own groups (in-groups) over other groups to which they do not belong (out-groups). Prejudice- negative feelings about other grps and for blvng that certain characteristics are associated with other grps forming stereotypes, often because the outgrp members are perceived to be antithetical to the in-group"s welfare or values. Overt expressions of racial prejudice and intergroup hatred have declined dramatically; racial prejudice and stereotypes have by no means disappeared. Virtually any group (racial, age, gender, religious, etc. ) one can imagine has been the object of prejudices and stereotypes by other groups or individuals.
