Stereotyping,prejudice and discrimination study's and facts.
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- stereotyping, prejudice&discrimination
- Prejudice :a rigid set of beliefs or attitudes towards a particular group of people-usually negative not always.
- its is judging someone before even knowing them.
- this can be a good thing as it gives you a good idea of how to react to different people.
- Study:sherif (1961); he wanted to see if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for recourses.
- 22 boys were divided into 2 groups and kept away from each other.they were given time to settle in and get to know their team mates, they then competed against each other for recourses.
- Very quickly, the teams began unpleasant name calling and tried to attack each other.
- Competition is a cause of prejudice.
- He only used white middle class boys in this experiment. Which lacks ecological validity, you cannot generalise findings for all member of society.
- Competition is a cause of prejudice.
- Very quickly, the teams began unpleasant name calling and tried to attack each other.
- 22 boys were divided into 2 groups and kept away from each other.they were given time to settle in and get to know their team mates, they then competed against each other for recourses.
- Study:Adorno(1950);to see if there is a relationship between someone's personality type and their prejudiced beliefs.
- Hundreds of people were questions using the f scale.
- The questionnaire used by Adorno to measure personality characteristic
- They found a relationship between personality traits and prejudiced views.
- There is a authoritarian personality and it's prone to prejudice views and highly likely to be prejudice.
- The research was done in America and lacks population validity as it cannot be applied for all members of society.
- There is a authoritarian personality and it's prone to prejudice views and highly likely to be prejudice.
- Hundreds of people were questions using the f scale.
- its is judging someone before even knowing them.
- Stereotype: an oversimplified generalised set of ideas that we have about others.
- The media can influence our stereotypes for example there is a lot of bad press surrounding teenagers in hoodies, if we saw one we would be likely to avoid them.
- Study: William and best:(1994)- to investigate the extent of sex stereotyping across 30 different countries.
- Participants were given over 300 characteristic and asked weather they were associated with males or females or both.
- They found that across the 30 counties the same characteristicwere associated with male or female-women were described as emotinal and understanding whereas men were reckless and determined
- The findings of this cross cultural study suggest that there is commonly held stereotypes for all genders
- Evaluation point-many negative consequencefor females from sex role stereotyping.in the media women seem the weaker sex however this has changed and women and men are now seen more equal.
- The findings of this cross cultural study suggest that there is commonly held stereotypes for all genders
- They found that across the 30 counties the same characteristicwere associated with male or female-women were described as emotinal and understanding whereas men were reckless and determined
- Participants were given over 300 characteristic and asked weather they were associated with males or females or both.
- Discrimination::the way an individual behaves towards another person or group of people as a result of their prejudiced view
- Prejudice :a rigid set of beliefs or attitudes towards a particular group of people-usually negative not always.
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