PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Implicit Function, Contact Hypothesis, Scapegoating
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Because they want to feel good about their own identity and group/ To feel like an achievement or favor/not favor a group. Example: trump voter predictor most voters will be uneducated=no job=low self-esteem = vote for trump. More about favour in groups less about derogating outgroups favor similar groups. Social identity theory is more about in group favouritism. When economics are bad = people are irritated = negative feeling = blame outgrop members they don"t like. )f you want an apple but somebody else got it, you are frustrated. (cid:523))t"s in a group level(cid:524) Like the whole mexico gets x and you"re mad at the whole group. Consistently compare what you have to other people. Contact hypothesis = interact no more prejudiced. The boys were prejudiced against one another even before they had competitions it works at a group level. Realistic conflict theory is very similar to above: minimal group prejudice. Because we subcategorize: maintained via self fulfilling phrophecy.
