HOD-1250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3; 104-109: Asian Americans, Identity Formation, Negative Feedback
4 Apr 2016
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Ethnicity: broad groupings of americans identified by race and culture of origin. Self-esteem: assessment of one"s worth, determined by one"s subjective assessment of success in valued activities and evaluative feedback from others: tremendous consequences for many other aspects of psychological functioning, predict blacks have low due to stereotyping. Protective mechanism used by stigmatized groups: crocker and major. Those who relate to group often use these mechanisms: negative feedback received by others can be attributed to prejudice against the group and the discounted as irrelevant to self. Attribute negative outcomes to external causes protects self-esteem. Overt prejudice is less damaging than subtle prejudice: compare themselves to others in the group. Due to proximity, perceived similarity, or desire to avoid painful comparisons. In-group comparisons protect self-esteem: selective devaluing: place less emphasis and value on those things the group does poorly and more value on what group does well. Central domain for what we do well, peripheral domain on what do bad.
