developmental - prejudice ( culture )

Question 1

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pro diversity polices- multiculturalism vs assimilation

multiculturalism emphasises value of maintaining diverse culture identities in society and accepting the norms of other cultures in one country (- less prejudice- high in pro diversity )

assimilation- individuals should adopt the culture of a society and abandon their own culture and conform to the norms of dominant culture.(- more prejudice, low in pro diversity)

Question 2

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supporting evidence from guimond

found that cultures where there was multiculturalism lower levels of prejudice whereas cultures where there was assimilation had much higher levels of prejudice e.g. canada has the lowest levels of prejudice and shows high levels of multicukturism whereas germany shows the highest levels of prejudice and shows low levels of multiculturism.
AS is seen to be low in pro diversity and MC is seen to be high in multiculturism therefore AS linked more to prejudicede

demonstrating how different cultural attitudes ca make some cultures more prejudice than others

Question 3

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although, research could be unethical because if results come to show that one culture is more prejudice that another puts a negative label on that culture and its not representative of everyone which might make people feel upset and labelled.

Question 4

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another finding is culture can cause prejudice due to social norms that have been developed

-minard found that on a mining site the social norm for below ground workers was to be friendly to al workers, 80 of the white workers were friendly to the black workers although the above ground miners social norm was to be prejudice to the black and only 20 of the white miners were friendly to the balack workers- social norm of a country can create prejudice

Question 5

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weakness- hard to measure due to biases- social desirability and hard to gather opinions of mass culture

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collectivist vs individualistic cultures
collectivist- disregard own beliefs and conform the beliefs to respect traditions of the traditions of the group culture

individualistc- emphasising importance of respecting freedom but having personal freedom and inderpendance

Question 7

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Strength- alzahrani- saudis - collectivists- self report more in-group favouritesm and negative out group bias

weakness- vleugel collectivism associated with greater tolerance and lower racism