collective action
intergroup contact
Colour Blindness
How has anti gay music been collectively acted against?
what did Hewstone et al., 2002 say the three things that affected prejudice were?
How was the UK Suffragettes collective action?
what are 2 examples of prejudice (race, gender)
How was the montgomery bus boycott collective action?
what are 6 theories of prejudice?
what are some possible prejudice categories?
collective action vs contact
religion
class
menatla health
age
gender
physical ability
mental ability
weight
sexuality
ethnicity
religion
group status: high-status groups show more prej
group power: high power groups show more prej
group size: smaller groups show more prej
subjective uncertainty reduction theory: some individuals have an aversion to uncertainty thus identify with groups offering clean requirements
social identity theory
social dominance theory: some individuals have a great need for hierarchy and dominance thus intergroup bias
contact theory
terror management theory: inevitability of death leads to "terror" managed by in group preferences
group identity model
we prefer to think pos of soc id so by default think neg of out
we have social identities as well as personal id
may not affect structural power diff
pos interaction between groups under certain circumstances reduces prej
recognition of common id reduces prej
group loyalties still possible
Brock Turner
arrested w/ 150,000 dollar bail
Jan 2015
father
majority of the time referred to as a star athlete not a rapist
sentenced to 6 months, did 3
blamed alcohol cons and promiscuity
steep price for 20 min of 20 years
caught
Daniel Pantaleo killing Eric Garner
two civil lawsuits
ordering 2 black men to strip on the street
harrasing plaintiffs
New York City Police
killed E G on cam 2014, no indictment (formal charge of serious crime)
E G
unarmed
43 y/o father and husband
What did Richeson and Nussbaum (2004) find when researching racial bias?
what are 3 overall problems with colour blindness?
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What did Awad et al., 2005 find when researching affirmative action?
what thinking is colour blindness based on?
What did Correll et al., 2008 find about how bad colour-blindness can be?
if you can't see it you can't be racist
people who don't see race aren't racist
What did Norton et al., 2006 find about colour-blindness and friendliness?
pp think they will go longer without using race than they do (with computer)
with partner not computer
task: identify pic using least y / n qs
% of of traits where ppts used race
black vs white confed
black confed: 64%
white confed: 93%
black conf watched videotaped interactions back and rated friendliness
neg correlation w/ friendliness and colourblindness
the impact of multiculturalism (differences should be respected / encouraged) vs colour blindness on racial bias
explicit prej almost non-existent for mul group
colour blindness led to more bia (im and ex) than mul
control vs multi vs blind
found c blind make most explicit evaluations and have most implicit prej
this may be due to suppression
relationship with support for affirmative action
colour - blind view : - 0.35
modern racist view: -0.15
ST decreases but LT increases prej: suppression and then rebound
hard to accomplish
undermines effort to respond to prej
what does colour blindness look like today?
denies disparities in police behaviour
may increase prej
all lives matter :/
undermines solutions to problems
what are four types of intergroup bias?
int g anxiety
int g attitudes (prej)
int g beliefs (stereotypes)
int g behaviour (discrimination)
What did Pettigrew and Tropp 2006 find in their meta analysis?
meta analysis of intergroup contact theory found it reduces intergroup prejudice
What did Tachler and West 2016 find in their research about possible gender prejudice reduction methods?
contact with counter stereotypical female predicts less
rape myth acceptance
intention to rape
sexism
projected enjoyment of rape (in women)
What did West et al., 2014 in researching prej against Sz's?
based on fear and anxiety
considered more widely acceptable than other prej eg racism
found internationally
harmful to sufferers and family
What was the West et al., 2013 time to change programme?
found sig correlations w/ contact and...
725 pp interacted with mental health patient volunteers
willingness to change stigma
change in attitude
why is intergroup contact so great overall?
How much does the prejudice reduction range?
possibly the best and most widely used intervention for improving intergroup relations
in a variety of cultures: USE UK Chine Germany Jamaica etc
against range of groups: black people, muslims, LGBT, obese, elderly, mental health patients
in a variety of ways: affective, cog, behavioural, makes maj members behave more positively
what is collective action?
in 1918 women over 30 w/ property could vote
hunger strikes - force fed in anus / vagina (impossible therefore rape)
1928 all women over 21 could vote
treated with ridicule, contempt, deliberate sexual mistreatment, humiliation
called "sex war"
movement began 1872
group carpool met with backlash
reduced taxi fares met with fines
Rosa Parrks - organiser (not first women to protest)
walking met with firebombs
started Dec 1st 1955
protest against racial segregation on US buses, whites at front, blacks stand for white
victory Dec 20 1956 (381 days)
Queen Ifrica (who is openly homophobic) was to perform at Reggae festival in Canada in 2013
Jamaica Association of Gays and Lesbians Abroad appealed to Canadian gov to bar her entry
high earning profession, international appearances
they were successful and Ifrica was removed from line-up
dance hall music promotes anti-gay violence
consistency
What did Dixon et al., 2010 find about contact interventions?
What did Mugny 1975 find about consistency?
What did Becker and Wright 2011 find about types of sexism?
found benevolent sexism undermines collective action for social change wheres hostile sexism motivates it
interventions to get advantaged group to like disadvantaged group can lead to lowered motivation for disadvantaged group to challenge social inequality via underestimating suffering
Asch?
if one appears too rigid the majority will refuse to compromise
negotiation style should appear flexible
behavioural style should be consistent
the goal is target the majority to think: promote systematic processing
an example of collective action today?
slutwalk
against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman's clothing
against victim blaming and rape culture
transnational movement protest marches since April 3 2011
resistance: guy with money getting mugged
action take together by a group of people hose goal is to enhance their status and achieve a common goal
white pp
found when the confederate answer incorrectly, the effect on error rates only happens if incorrectness is consistent
relevant because consistency is key in changing peoples opinions to your opinions