PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Confirmation Bias, Black Kids, Afrocentrism
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The same things that preserve stereotypes contribute to how the start. We don"t see the world as it is, we see it how we see it. Motivational reasons stereotypes are maintained: make us feel better about ourselves i-clicker would a racist have voted for obama, yes, no, now with obama in office, racism is dead. A racist could vote for obama, despite being racist. A few racist people have voted for obama. Don cherry nationalist: against other people playing (ex. Europeans, french canadian players: says because some of his best friends are french canadian. Can do this by putting people in separate categories subtyping: might say his friends are a different kind of french. Racist might say obama is kind of black not fully. Store owner says, they"re not black they"re better than blacks . Re-fences stereotype-disconfirming individuals: gives a way to like certain people while still having these stereotypes.
