PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Body Image, Stereotype, Individuation
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Programs for reducing prejudice, e. g. individuation of outgroup members. Automatic cognition is related to stereotyping, implicit self-esteem, and many other phenomena. Recall: effects of stereotypes highest when high need for closure. Dv: choose a candidate, among 2 men and 2 women, for a managerial position supervising doctors, advising policy, organizing health care system. The identical set of 4 descriptions was given different names (2 male; 2 female) for different participants. Pick the term that is not culturally associated with the gender of the person shown: (picture of women shown with words sensitive" and strong" and picture of a man shown with words messy" and weak") Results: as participants did the counter-stereotype training task, they got faster at it. Percentage of participants later choosing male vs. female candidate: With no training: men were chosen much more often than women. Some participants given a filler task to separate the training phase from the judgment phase.
