PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Implicit-Association Test, Symbolic Racism, Probability Distribution

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Mark Baldwin

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Three general perspectives for causes of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination: economic perspective, motivational perspective, cognitive perspective. Stereotype: the belief that certain attributes are characteristic of members of a particular group. Prejudice: a negative attitude or affective response toward a group and its individual members. Discrimination: unfair treatment of individuals based on their membership in a particular group. Modern racism: prejudice directed at racial groups that exists alongside the rejection of explicitly racist beliefs. If situation offers no justi cation/disguise for discriminatory action, responses conform to egalitarian values. If a suitable rationalization is available, modern racist"s prejudices will emerge. Gaertner & dovidio (1977: participants given an opportunity to aid a white or black person in need of medical assistance, either thought they were the only ones who could help or thought others could. Hodson, dovidio, & gaertner (2002: participants evaluated black and white college applications, participants measured on an attitudes toward blacks scale.