Stereotypes

Question 1

Stereotype

Answer 1

system 1 thinking, activates schema based on characteristics. Can be copied from others, often exaggerated and based on inductions, therefore often wrong. Fixed by befriending

Question 2

Out-groups

Answer 2

Often seen as similar, in groups seen as more different.

Question 3

Levels of stereotypes

Answer 3

Public; What we say to others
Private; What we believe but don’t say
Implicit; Operates to guide behaviour and associations (kind of like priming)

Question 4

Soical pressure

Answer 4

creates arousal, can choke under pressure because working memory is crowded (can’t concentrate)
Social facilitation; perform better, often in automatic and dominant trait
Social interference; perform worse, often in non-dominant traits.

Question 5

Soical pressure

Answer 5

creates arousal, can choke under pressure because working memory is crowded (can’t concentrate)
Social facilitation; perform better, often in automatic and dominant trait
Social interference; perform worse, often in non-dominant traits.

Question 6

Influence of others

Answer 6

Informational influence, social influence that provides clues about objective nature, in absence of better info
Normative influence; Social influence that works through desire of being approved by others (Asch)

Question 7

Passive bystander effect

Answer 7

With more bystanders less likely to help because of shared responsibility and social comparison (others don’t act)

Question 8

Group polarisation

Answer 8

Shirting to more extreme because groups don’t agree.

Question 9

Groupthink

Answer 9

Letting go of rational thought and emphasizing on group cohesion, leading to wrong decisions