PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Frontal Lobe
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Majority group members tend to compare the present with the oppressive past and perceive swift and radical progress. Minority group members tend to compare the present with their ideal world which has not yet been realized, and to perceive somewhat less progress. Subtle prejudice can appear as arace sensitivity that leads to exaggerated reactions to isolated minority persons ex overpraising their accomplishments (patronization) or overcritizing their mistakes. Whites, wanting to avoid appearance of bias, patronized black essayists with lower standards. Automatic prejudice suggests discrimination that results from prejudice about which people are unaware may lead to discrimination about which they are unaware. If we implicitly associate a particular ethnic group with danger, then faces from that group will tend to capture our attention and trigger arousal. Exposing people to weapons makes them pay more attention to black faces and makes cops more likely to judge stereotypical looking blacks as criminals.
