01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Social Identity Theory, In-Group Favoritism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr. Brynildsen

Document Summary

Prejudice: a hostile or negative attitude toward a distinguishable group of people. Stereotype: a generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group. Discrimination: differential actions toward members of specific social groups. Social identity theory: individuals seek to feel positively about the groups to which they belong because self-esteem partially depends on identifying with social groups. In-group bias (favoritism): positive feelings and behavior toward people in our in-group. Minimal groups: groups united by trivial similarities. Strangers formed into groups using trivial criteria (tajfel, 1971) Given choice about amount of $ given to in-group and out-group. Categorization: our brains automatically classify information into categories. Confirmation bias: tendency to notice and remember events that are consistent with our existing beliefs. Cooperative interdependence: relationship in which the outcomes of two people or groups depend on each others" actions. Jigsaw classroom: to eliminate competition and introduce cooperation in classrooms.