PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Contact Hypothesis, Lynching, Psych
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Ultimate attribution error our tendency to make dispositional attributions about an entire group of people: study example: mexicans males are more violent than white men carlos. Ramirez was guilty more than robert johnson the name carlos triggered the uae that because he is hispanic, he is more likely to be violent and guilty thus giving him a harsher sentence. When discrimination occurs, it"s easier to believe the person or group brought it on themselves. Ambivalent racism: conflicting pro-minority ideas and anti-minority ideas together. Holding prejudiced views of an out group allows group members to enhance their own group"s self-image. We may sabotage the group to increase our self-esteem. Then the scapegoat theory comes into play: after wwi, germany is in turmoil and the germans blamed the jews for all of those issues (jews were the scapegoat) Norms are beliefs held by a society as to what is correct, acceptable, and permissible. Norms vary across cultures and across times.
