PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Observational Learning, Ethnocentrism, Scapegoating

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Study in california: (described in class: neighbours were asked to put a sign on their lawn that said please drive safer , initial agreement to experiment request: would you put a sign on your lawn saying please drive safer . Lawn sign: 17% only say yes : when a smaller request is presented first : would you put a sticker on your license plate that says would you drive safer . Definition: we favour internal attributions in explaining others" behaviour (i. e we blame them for their misfortune . Self-serving bias: we make internal attributions for our successes, and external attributions for our setbacks: a) roots of prejudice. Us vs them : ingroup/outgroup distinction based on a variety of arbitrary factors, my group vs your group . Ethnocentrism: universal tendency to view one"s in-group as better than outgroups. 3 components to prejudicial attitudes: 1) stereotypes (beliefs, 2) emotions: e. g hostility, 3) predisposition to action: e. g discrimination.