Social Cognition and group relations

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Created on: 11-04-17 07:16

Stereotypes

Simplified but widely shared beliefs about the characteristics of groups and their members

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Prejudice

Negative affective reaction to your group

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Discrimination

Others treat you less well because of your group membership

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allport states.....

The human mind must think with the aid of categories. . . . Once formed, categories are the basis for normal prejudgment. We cannot possibly avoid this process. Orderly living depends upon it Category accentuation

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Category accentuation

Mere act of categorisation can distort perceptions of groups Differences between categories are maximised and differences within categories are minimised (Tajfel & Wilkes, 1963)

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Outgroup homogeneity effect

Tendency to see people within a same group as being more “similar” than they really are Because we like people who share characteristics with ourselves, the net result of the outgroup homogeneity effect can be ingroup bias

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