PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: First Nations, Wield, Stroop Effect
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Similar beh seen towards those with and without physical disabilities, hetero/homo, thin/overweight. (waned during 80"s-90"s: dynamic interaction between stigmatized and non-stigmatized social groups called into attention along with dyadic interaction. Currently, research is examining minorities reactions to majority groups in intergroup interactions: previously, black people were considered as passive objects that reacted to whites, therefore the attitudes, concerns, and cognitions of stigmatized groups were rarely examined. Bias expression during intergroup encounters: bias expression determined from psychological and socio-cultural factors. However, subtle expressions of bias will be common in intergroup interactions. In contrast, implicit attitudes predict manner or quality of how individual interacts with a black job candidate. Towards black ppl, assessors more likely to avoid eye contact, increase blinking (anxiety), and decreased friendliness (smiling, nodding) Interracial interaction evoke physiological state aroused by appraisal of situation as psychological threatening which result in a freezing" behavior which may be perceived as a negative experience = evidence of bias.
