Psychology module 44.1-44.2 (stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination)

What can enhance "contact" between two rivaling groups, and actually reduce prejudice and discrimination?

Given a common group re-categorization

Self-fulfilling prophecies

people attribute positive qualities to beautiful people that have nothing to do with their looks

What is stereotyping

putting people into categories (white bitches)

Cross-race effect How can it be reduced

recognize more with your own race than with others By not being a racist bitch and associating with every race

What is an in-group

A group that you belong to

What is an out-group

A group that you don't belong to

What are some things that you can do as an individual to reduce society prejudice and discrimination?

Know automatic processing occurs when we encounter a member of a stereotyped group chose to ignore or counter the stereotypes information Have friends in another culture

How has media contributed to prejudice in our culture

Minorities are often shown in negative ways Listening to more positive attitudes

What do the experiments described in class suggest about how job interviews should be conducted

Others races feel more comfortable getting interviewed by their own race

Confirmation Bias

Seeing what we expect

Fundamental attribution error

The tendency to overestimate the role of the situation and overestimate the role of person factors in explaining other peoples behavior

Attitudes

Stereotyping prejudice Discrimination

Out-Group homogeneity effect Why does this exist

Tendency to preserve more variability among in-groups than out-group Help preserve stereotypes can lead to prejudice

Sub-typing and belief perseverance

We can label people who aren't constant with stereotyping with exceptions Exceptions aren't really evidence against the validity of the stereotype Prevents stereotype from being disconfirmed, remember belief perseverance

situational attribution

an external, or situational, attribution, people infer that a person's behavior is due to situational factors.

What is a stereotype

believes about a person or a group

Group polarization

shift towards a more extreme view after a discussion