PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -In-Group Favoritism, Ingroups And Outgroups, Amygdala
22 Nov 2012
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An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings and a predisposition to discriminatory actions: stereotype: a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people, discrimination: unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group and its members. Implicit racial associations: 9 in 10 white respondents took longer to identify pleasant words as good when presented with black-sounding names, however, they denied harbouring racial prejudice= still carry negative associations. Race-influences perceptions: more likely to think a man is holding a gun if he is black. Reflexive bodily responses: when people look at white and black faces, their implicit prejudice may show up in facial-muscle responses and in the activation of their emotion processing amygdala. Just-world phenomenon: the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. Power, and prestige and others do not, the.
