PSY 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Dominance Theory, Social Dominance Orientation, Homophobia
Document Summary
Gender differences in the psychology of bias. Sexual selection shows men are primary perps of coalition aggression. Prejudice and discrimination rooted in intergroup conflict. Men and women have different motivations for prejudice and discrimination. Invariance hypothesis: men are more likely to endorse the goal of outgroup domination and to be more biased against outgroups. Ut study - males use more classical racism. Social dominance orientation: one"s own group should dominate other groups. The outgroup male hypothesis: males are primary targets of outgroup prejudice and discrimation. Females still vulnerable (double-jeopardy)but not as extreme towards race. Males more likely to commit hate crimes & be victims. African american names least likely to be called back for their resume. Motive differential hypothesis: intergroup bias is motivated by aggressive dominance for men and fear of coercion for women. Males more likely to be biased and view obama as negative due to fusion of aggression and social dominance.
