PSYCH 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: In-Group Favoritism, Ingroups And Outgroups
1 Apr 2016
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In interpersonal situations, people show a tendency towards cooperation. Joint payoffs are highest when both players choose the cooperative option. In intergroup situations, behavior shifts to be competitive. Just shifting the game so that it"s played between 2 groups rather than 2 individuals changes behavior. We"ve come to see that often our stance towards outgroups is one of indifference rather than hostility. But, the propensity towards conflict always remains . People show a marked tendency to favor ingroups over outgroups ( ingroup bias - favoring your own group/members in your own group over others). Because human life is organized around groups, our self-centered bias extends to our groups. Ingroup bias - the tendency to treat members of our ingroups better than members of. Members of ingroups form a moral community to which moral rules apply. Humans tend to have a moral disregard to outsiders. Perdue wished to examine the extent to which ingroup bias is cognitively automatic.
