PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Illusory Correlation, Perfect Sense, Ethnocentrism
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Theoretical perspectives there will likely never be a single, comprehensive theory of stereotyping, prejudice, or discrimination. This chapter focuses on three general perspectives that shed light on these issues. The economic perspective identifies the roots of much intergroup hostility in competing interests that can set groups apart from one another. Emphasizes the psychological needs that lead to intergroup conflict. Cognitive perspective traces the origin of stereotyping to the same cognitive processes that enable people to categorize, say, items of furniture into distinct classes of chairs, couches, and tables. Beliefs that certain attributes are characteristic of members of particular groups. Can be positive or negative, true or false. And whether valid or not, stereotyping is a way of categorizing people. An attitudinal and affective response toward a group and its individual members. Negative attitudes generally get the most attention, but it"s also possible to be positively prejudiced toward a particular group.
