PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Electronvolt, Aversive Racism, Social Desirability Bias
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Caucasian-dominated culture were the norm: it wasn"t until the late 1920s that serious attn. was paid to the problem of prejudice and sterotyping. Therefore, stereotypes were coming to be understood as attitudes that some ppl endorse but others do not. From katz & braly to civil rights, and beyond. Old fashioned racism openly hostile prejudice characterized much of the segregated southern us led to state-sanctioned segregation in all pulic places, based on the belief that. Blacks were inferior and whites deserved the privileged status in society. Neimenn, jennings, rozelle, baxter and sullivan point to several problems w the. No: dats suggests that when caucasians are asked about their knowledge (not personal beliefs) about the stereotypes of african americans, their responses indicate a high-degree of negativity in the traits selected as stereotypical of african amerians. These ratings are virtually identical to the (-) adj rating data collected since 1993.
