Situation + Culture

Question 1

Social norms

Answer 1

Unwritten social rules that are seen as acceptable by society

Question 2

Resource stress

Answer 2

Describes when commodities are seen as scarce and an ingroup is seen in direct threat with another salient group such as with jobs/money

This can also be heightened if its a situation clled zero sum, where resources are so limited that only one group can prosper

Question 3

Norm of intolerance

Answer 3

Every culture is ethnocentric to a degree

However even tbe most accepting cultures still carry intolerance which are just protrayed through ‘microsggressions’

Question 4

Norm of fairness

Answer 4

Collectivisit cultures are more likely to be more concerned with fairness than comeptition

Wetherall-when replicating rhe minimal study by Tajfel in New Zealand, polynesian classmates allocated more points generously towards the outgroup than their white classmates

Question 5

Strength

Answer 5

Orpen (1971) notes that when White South African 16 year olds did the F scale test, their results werent significantly correlated towards prejudice however it measures rhe social conformity towards norms that showed prejudice towards Black south africans

Showed rhat cultural norms play a significant role in prejudice towards outgroups

Question 6

Negative

Answer 6

However they were 16, younger people are more likely to want to conform towards society , not representative towards older ages