Social Psychology- Lecture 5 Flashcards
Intergroup behaviour?
Perception/cognition/behaviour= influenced by people’s recognition that they are part of a group
Realistic Conflict theory?
Sherif 1966
Scarce resources will lead to competition
Intergroup antipathy?
Another group challenges your group’s success
Ethnocentrism?
Ingroup things are superior to outgoup things- can lead to derogration of outgroup
Robber group methodology?
22 boys- mean age= 12 from lower backgrounds
Well adapted psychologically
Normal development
Split into 2 groups - eagles and rattlers
1954
What does Robber cave show?
That hostility can occur between groups with the introduction of competition
3 stages of Robbers cave?
Stage 1- allocated to groups- group bonding
2- Form teams that compete for money- hostility
3- Work together- unite- superordinate task that removes hostility
Evaluation of Robber’s cave?
Age- what if they were older
Culture- what if they weren’t all American
Other explanations- might not explain why conflict continues - could look at social identity theory
What is relative deprivation?
A sense of having less than we are entitled too
2 examples of relative deprivation?
Watts suburbs- caused by the injustice of three arrests of black family members
South central LA- caused by acquittal of 4 white men after beating of Rodney King
Consequences of example of relative deprivation?
Watts- 35m property damaged- 34 killed- military intervenes
SC- 63 dead, 2383 injured
Intergroup prejudice?
Discriminatory behaviour is a result of negative experience e.g. assertive events, aggressive associations- explains long hot summer explanation for riotss
When can RD be experienced?
At times of rapid economic decline
Collective violence model 1972?
RD- Frustration- Aversive environment conditions- Individual act of aggression - exacerbated by aggression e.g. police- social facilitation- collective violence
Types of RD?
Runciman-
Egoistic - personal feeling that we have less than we are entitled too
Fraternalistic- sense that the group has less than entitled too
Factors affecting RD?
Strong group identification- influence of collective action
Perceived effectiveness
Perception of injustice- victim of unfair procedures
Ingroup/outgroup- how similar is each group
Intergroup contact?
Prejudice is based on ignorance so bringing individuals together to get to know one another may alleviate group tensions
Principles of intergroup contact?
Identify sources of co-operation
Promote interpersonal contact
Create superordinate goals
Minimise importance of group boundaries
Allport contact 1954?
Create co-operation between groups
If all groups are equal in status reducing prejudice will be more effective
Interactions must be intimate
Norms of group behaviour are created
Why might ingroup contact not work?
Unpleasant encounter with outgroup
View only changes for one member of outgroup
When can intergroup contact be positive?
When you assume no differences between groups- however this does ignore cultural differences and the idea that people have been disadvantaged in the past
Branscombe and Wohl?
2005- North American Jews were more likely to forgive the Germans for the holocaust when reminded that they were human rather than Jewish
