lecture 9 - Intergroup Relations Flashcards
What evidence suggests cognitive limitations are to blame for stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination?
Participants who are told they are working with an elderly person to earn a prize ascribed less stereotypical traits than those working independently - but only when not cognitively busy. (Pendry & MacRae, 1994)
What is the illusory correlation bias?
Illusory correlation bias is a trick of the mind that leads people to believe that a behaviour is more common among the minority group (Fiedler, 2004)
What is category accentuation?
Category accentuation occurs when the mere act of categorisation distorts perceptions of groups
What is the outgroup homogeneity effect?
The outgroup homogeneity effect is the tendency to see people within a same group as being more “similar” than they really are
What is the other-race effect?
The other-race effect occurs when people are better at recognising faces of their own race
What happened in the Robbers Cave study?
In the Robbers Cave study, 11 year old boys were separated into two groups “Eagles” and “Rattlers”. Intergroup competition then occurred before contact and superordinate goals reduced the conflict
What is the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?
The IAT involves asking participants to sit behind a computer and press different keys to match concepts. Where an attitude exists, reaction time is much faster when the concepts share a response key than when they do not. The IAT measures the strengths of associations between groups and concepts.
