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PSY - lec: sterotypes
PSY
14
Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/03/2012

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Term
why are sterotypes objectionable? (2)
Definition
1. implicit ethnocentrism (if jews are tight with money, rest of us spend money better)
2. implication that perceived differences are inborn and unalterable.
Term
def of steroytpe
Definition
the "picture in our heads"
Term
name two consequences of categorical thinking
Definition
ingroup favortism
- outgorup homogeneity
Term
what is social identity?
Definition
individal's slef conepct that is based on KNOWLEDGE of one's group memebrship and the VALUE and EMOTIONAL significance attached to that membership.
Term
what are the 4 assumuptions of the social idenity theory?
Definition
- people categorize the soical world into in groups and out groups
- part of our self concept is defined in terms of group affiliation
- people strive for postive self-concept
- people prefer to view memebers of ingroup positively rather than negatively (we want to be associated with a group that is viewed in pos light)
Term
can we control autmatic activation of sterotypes?
Definition
motivation and devoting cognitive sesources could lead to suppression of sterotypes
Term
how are sterotypes used to justify ingroup's behaviour towards out groups?
Definition
- sterotypes serve as way of refelcting social reality
- stertoypes serve as way of perpetuating existing intergroup relationships (so its sterotype if you take result of sterotype as inherent)
Term
what role to expectancies play for the person who is holding the sterotype?
Definition
holding sterotypes creates tendcies to confirm our biases and overlook inconsistent information
Term
self fullfilling propheicies
Definition
evidence indicates that some actions by the person who holds the steriotype provoke the confirmatory behaviour in the target person
Term
stereotype threat
Definition
as member of category, when you're aware of sterotype aginst you, it creates angiexty
Term
4 methods for reducing group bias
Definition
increase contact
re-categorization
crossing categoires
de-categorization
Term
3 conditions under which contact with members of diff group leads to reduction of tension or hostiliy
Definition
cooperation
equal staus participation
active social norms in support of change in attitudes
Term
describe re-categorization
Definition
form new new group with crosss categorical memberships. ie mulsim americans and christens in iraqi
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describe de-cateogirzation
Definition
form personalized contact and de-emphasize group identites (be motivated to like this member)
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