PSYCH 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Gender Role, Ingroups And Outgroups
2 Apr 2018
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Attractive people tend to be seen as more sociable, friendly, poised, warm, and well adjusted than those less atrractive (stereotype) More attractive people ten to secure better jobs/ earn higher salaries than less attractive. Our reactions to peoples faces may have evolutionary roots. Stereotypes: widely held beliefs that people have a certain characteristic because of their membership in a group. People assume women are emotional, submissive, illogical, and passive. People assume men are unemotional, dominant, logical, and aggressive. Evolutionary perspective on bias in person perception (p. 422) Ingroup: a group that one belongs to / identifies with (favorable)
