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211 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 211
Dehumanization: What do studies find about emotional ascription to outgroups? Is this true for
both positive and negative emotions?
All three sample of students showed ingroup/human outgroup/Arab association on the
IAT
warmth -> will they harm me or help me
Competence --> can the act on thier intentions?
People ascribe less secondary emotions to outgroups. YES this is true for both positive
and negative emotions
discriminatory laws --> suggests there is some impact of culture on the associations that
are formed
Term 2 of 211
Ambivalent sexism: Women who rate highly on benevolent sexism show....
- Less resistant to discrimination
- Lower educational and career goals for themselves
- Take on more unpaid labour
- It means that social categorization will be easier and more frequent
- It also means that there will be increased stereotyping
- Online and through support groups in person, conferences, word of mouth
- We meet in person
- Less support for inter group violence
- Felt less threatened by other groups
- Endorsed fewer negative traits about the other group
,Term 3 of 211
How is social categorization involved in stereotyping?
Historically darker skin tone was linked to working in the sun all day as a farmer or
labourer. Light skin tone meant you had a privileged position
- They have lots of social meaning
- They are easily observable
- They are inferred first when you meet someone
- They are inferred quickly, effortlessly and spontaneously
When a fact cannot fit into a mental field, the exception is acknowledged but the field is
fenced in again and now allowed to remain dangerously open
In order for you to stereotype, social categorization must occur first.
- Social categorization leads to stereotype activation which in turn leads to stereotype
application
Term 4 of 211
Ambivalent sexism: Benevolent prejudices are hard to change. Why?
- Behaviour explained as a byproduct of the context rather than based on who the
person is
- Ex: Jack won because the competition was easy, Janet scored because the other team
had a bad goalie, Jason was late for his date because his car broke down
- They are superficially positive
- They are difficult to see in the moment
- It is easy to be convinced that there is nothing to feel guilty about
- We are seeing such simplified and stereotypical images in the media and it makes us
block all of them together
- They have lots of social meaning
- They are easily observable
- They are inferred first when you meet someone
- They are inferred quickly, effortlessly and spontaneously
,Term 5 of 211
INTERVIEW - Linda Zou: Do the relative positions of the groups change over time?
- I think they could and historically they have
- These positions are definitely dynamic and positions could change over time
- As long as they grew up in Korea and have more experience processing Korean faces,
they will show greater memory for Asian faces
- They are associated but also meaningfully distinct
- only about a 0.3-0.4 correlation which is lower than expected
- It means that social categorization will be easier and more frequent
- It also means that there will be increased stereotyping
Term 6 of 211
Factors that determine social categorization: In one study they asked people to report
stereotypes about black people vs black politicians and people noted down different
stereotypes for the two groups even though all of them are black people. What is this an
example of?
What social categories are most salient
- It means that social categorization will be easier and more frequent
- It also means that there will be increased stereotyping
This is an example of "re-fencing"
--> they re-fenced the group of politicians and this group does not necessarily have
transference to the larger topic
--> this is one example of social categorization
Visibility is based on all our senses
Visibility is also based on cues in a situation
, Term 7 of 211
Transmission of stereotypes - Social learning: When studying kids you have to use ______ social
learning
disconfirm
Seeing gender stereotypes caused women to reduce expressed career ambitions
Men did not change ambitions based on video but women who watched the
stereotypical one were more likely to talk about ambitions to be more home-oriented
rather than career oriented
Yes!
Direct
Term 8 of 211
Gender identity: Studies show that implicit and explicit anti-trans attitudes are higher in states
with more....
I imagine yes, like Jewish American's having a status like the Asian American --> superior
but foreign
discriminatory laws --> suggests there is some impact of culture on the associations that
are formed
1. Motivation
2. Ability to attend to out-group faces
- I think they could and historically they have
- These positions are definitely dynamic and positions could change over time
211 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 211
Dehumanization: What do studies find about emotional ascription to outgroups? Is this true for
both positive and negative emotions?
All three sample of students showed ingroup/human outgroup/Arab association on the
IAT
warmth -> will they harm me or help me
Competence --> can the act on thier intentions?
People ascribe less secondary emotions to outgroups. YES this is true for both positive
and negative emotions
discriminatory laws --> suggests there is some impact of culture on the associations that
are formed
Term 2 of 211
Ambivalent sexism: Women who rate highly on benevolent sexism show....
- Less resistant to discrimination
- Lower educational and career goals for themselves
- Take on more unpaid labour
- It means that social categorization will be easier and more frequent
- It also means that there will be increased stereotyping
- Online and through support groups in person, conferences, word of mouth
- We meet in person
- Less support for inter group violence
- Felt less threatened by other groups
- Endorsed fewer negative traits about the other group
,Term 3 of 211
How is social categorization involved in stereotyping?
Historically darker skin tone was linked to working in the sun all day as a farmer or
labourer. Light skin tone meant you had a privileged position
- They have lots of social meaning
- They are easily observable
- They are inferred first when you meet someone
- They are inferred quickly, effortlessly and spontaneously
When a fact cannot fit into a mental field, the exception is acknowledged but the field is
fenced in again and now allowed to remain dangerously open
In order for you to stereotype, social categorization must occur first.
- Social categorization leads to stereotype activation which in turn leads to stereotype
application
Term 4 of 211
Ambivalent sexism: Benevolent prejudices are hard to change. Why?
- Behaviour explained as a byproduct of the context rather than based on who the
person is
- Ex: Jack won because the competition was easy, Janet scored because the other team
had a bad goalie, Jason was late for his date because his car broke down
- They are superficially positive
- They are difficult to see in the moment
- It is easy to be convinced that there is nothing to feel guilty about
- We are seeing such simplified and stereotypical images in the media and it makes us
block all of them together
- They have lots of social meaning
- They are easily observable
- They are inferred first when you meet someone
- They are inferred quickly, effortlessly and spontaneously
,Term 5 of 211
INTERVIEW - Linda Zou: Do the relative positions of the groups change over time?
- I think they could and historically they have
- These positions are definitely dynamic and positions could change over time
- As long as they grew up in Korea and have more experience processing Korean faces,
they will show greater memory for Asian faces
- They are associated but also meaningfully distinct
- only about a 0.3-0.4 correlation which is lower than expected
- It means that social categorization will be easier and more frequent
- It also means that there will be increased stereotyping
Term 6 of 211
Factors that determine social categorization: In one study they asked people to report
stereotypes about black people vs black politicians and people noted down different
stereotypes for the two groups even though all of them are black people. What is this an
example of?
What social categories are most salient
- It means that social categorization will be easier and more frequent
- It also means that there will be increased stereotyping
This is an example of "re-fencing"
--> they re-fenced the group of politicians and this group does not necessarily have
transference to the larger topic
--> this is one example of social categorization
Visibility is based on all our senses
Visibility is also based on cues in a situation
, Term 7 of 211
Transmission of stereotypes - Social learning: When studying kids you have to use ______ social
learning
disconfirm
Seeing gender stereotypes caused women to reduce expressed career ambitions
Men did not change ambitions based on video but women who watched the
stereotypical one were more likely to talk about ambitions to be more home-oriented
rather than career oriented
Yes!
Direct
Term 8 of 211
Gender identity: Studies show that implicit and explicit anti-trans attitudes are higher in states
with more....
I imagine yes, like Jewish American's having a status like the Asian American --> superior
but foreign
discriminatory laws --> suggests there is some impact of culture on the associations that
are formed
1. Motivation
2. Ability to attend to out-group faces
- I think they could and historically they have
- These positions are definitely dynamic and positions could change over time
