Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Shooting Of Amadou Diallo, Ambivalent Sexism, Stereotype Threat

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: James Olson

Document Summary

Aversive racism modern kind of prejudice by people who consider themselves non-prejudiced but actually hold some negative beliefs about minority groups. Carlos ramirez vs. robert johnson court case: results showed that when participants thought the man was hispanic increase recall of guilty information. The shooting of amadou diallo: shot 41 times on the basis that white officers thought he was armed (erroneous judgement of unarmed blacks) Self-fulfilling prophecies: black and white interview/applicant, white interviewers treated white and black applicants differently, shorter interviews, less intimate nonverbal behaviours for black applicants, treatment differences enough to create differences in applicant performance. Implicit intergroup bias stereotypes can automatically stereotypes can automatically influence judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ithout pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e(cid:396)"s a(cid:449)a(cid:396)e(cid:374)ess. Scapegoat theory (frustration) prejudice occurs because members of dominant groups use discrimination against weak outgroups to relieve frustration: nazis in germany. Realistic group conflict theory (perceived competition) competition for resources leads to hostility and thus prejudice.