Stereotypes

Question 1

Stereotype

Answer 1

Incomplete and overgeneralized beliefs regarding members of a particular group. Often come with prejudice: Hostile/negative feelings about people based on their membership in a certain group.

Question 2

Stereotype content model

Answer 2

Two dimensions:
- Competence (active/passive)
- Warmth (facilitation/harm)

Warmth low:
- Low comp: contempt low status, competitive, anger
- High comp: Envious prejudice, high status

Warmth high:
- Low comp; Pity, low status.
- High comp: Admiration, high status, pride

Question 3

Confirmation bias

Answer 3

Interpretation of environment in line with own beliefs. Looking for things that prove your beliefs

Question 4

Contrast effect

Answer 4

Perceiving stimuli that differ from expectation as being even more different then they are (must be outlier, weird case)

Question 5

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 5

Negative externally attributed for yourself, but internally attributed to another

Question 6

Consequences of stereotyping

Answer 6

Negative self-evaluations (of self and of what they think others think of them)

Self-fulfilling prophecy (seek/interpret/create information that verifies own beliefs)

Stereotype threat
- Activating stereotype has effect; results in confirming that stereotype