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INTERGROUP
RELATIONS AND
PREJUDICE,
AUGUST 29, 2014
OBJECTIVE
We will explain how stereotypes
and prejudice develop. We will
also explore how prejudice and
stereotypes can be resolved.
Prejudice: A positive or negative (but
generally negative) attitude formed
about other because of their
membership in a group
Aversive Racism: When people may not
consider themselves racist but still hold
negative attitudes towards members of
‘minority groups’
Stereotypes the cognitive component of
prejudices and
discrimination…oversimplification
Discrimination: behavior that affects
members of a targeted group
 B. Stereotypes can bias attention because
people often look for information that will
confirm a stereotype. Stereotypes also
affect how behavior is interpreted. Correll,
Park, Judd, and Wittenbrink (2002) found
that White participants involved in a
videogame simulation were faster to judge
if a Black target was armed with a
weapon than to judge if a White target
was armed. Results also showed that more
errors in judgment were made with Black
targets. These results demonstrate the
effects of race on weapon misperception.
Sexism: prejudice directed at women
because of their gender. Benevolent sexism
reflects a positive but paternalistic attitude
toward women, while hostile sexism reflects
negative attitudes toward women who do not
exhibit the traditional female stereotype.
DISCUSS
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkpUyB2xgTM
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1nRepRSxo
1)Write your reactions to these videos: how do you think
young kids learned these associations?
2)What do you think are the social consequences of these
associations?
3) Think about conversations with your parents or
grandparents…how do you think things have changed with
regards to race? What hasn’t changed?
4) Do you agree with the researchers about why there were
differences between white and African American
responses?
HOW DO WE LEARN
PREJUDICE?
1) Classical conditioning: Neutral stimulus paired
with a stimulus that elicits a response so that in
time the neutral stimulus by itself elicits a similar
response
2) Instrumental Conditioning: Rewards by a peer
group for prejudiced behavior/attitudes
3) Modeling
COGNITIVE PROCESSES ASSOCIATED
WITH PREJUDICE
1) Ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias
2) Outgroup homogeneity effect: when you
don’t see individual differences among
an ‘outgroup’
3) Stereotyping: schemas about entire
groups of people
4) Scapegoating: blaming
5) Ethnocentrism: own ethnic, racial,
national group is the best
REDUCING PREJUDICE
1) CONTACT HYPOTHESIS: this can reduce
stereotypes, but needs to be based in
cooperation and interdependence, not
competition
2) Focus on the individual…not the color of their
skin…’colorblind’…use people’s names when
describing them, not their group identity
3) Antidiscrimination policies
DOL
 Apply your understanding of how
prejudice and stereotypes develop and
can be resolved to analyze an issue
(racism, sexism, homophobia, etc). In
your school community is this a problem,
and if so, what would be an effective plan
to address it?