PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Implicit-Association Test, Realistic Conflict Theory, Ethnocentrism
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A technique for revealing non-conscious attitudes toward different stimuli, particularly groups of people. When the groups were brought together in noncompetitive situations where they had to cooperate to achieve shared superordinate goals, the hostility dissipated. Consistent with the economic perspective, prejudice can arise from realistic con ict between groups over limited resources. The robbers cave experiment serves as an instructive model of this sort of con ict, showing how otherwise friendly boys could turn into enemies when placed in groups competing for limited resources. The hostility between the groups evaporated when they had to cooperate to achieve superordinate goals of value to both groups. Consistent with the motivational perspective on stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, people are inclined to favour ingroups over outgroups, even when the basis of group membership is trivial. Part of the reason is that people identify with their groups and feel good about themselves when they feel good about their groups.
