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Week 2: Stereotypes and Prejudice, having an association does not always…
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prejudice reduction greatest when all conditions met, but still effective with only some conditions met
Reading Notes:
- Needs of minority/majority groups: Minority group members tend to perceive that they have experienced more discrimination in the past (than majority group members) and anticipate greater prejudice
- How does contact reduce prejudice (from a social categorisation perspective? Whether people perceive others as members of an ingroup or an outgroup affects how they think about, feel toward, and act toward others - changing social categorization can affect the nature, valence, and impact of intergroup contact
- Define stereotype threat: When people are, or feel themselves to be, at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group
- What does this article suggest about he impact of both direct and indirect contact on stereotype threat? Positive intergroup contact - direct and indirect - weakens the belief that the outgroup holds negative views of the ingroup and can eliminate stereotype threat among members of stigmatized groups
- What is meant by 'Deprovincialization'? Outgroup contact promotes a less glorified and more complex view of the ingroup, which can mediate generalised contact effects across multiple groups - eg having more outgroup friends decreased (while having more ingroup friends increased) intergroup bias
- How could positive intergroup contact impact the engagement of minority groups' in collective action to improve their position in society? Positive intergroup contact produces more positive intergroup behaviour and attitudes, but do not necessarily improve the welfare of minority-group members or make structural relations more equitable. Positive intergroup contact may reduce minority-group members' willingness to participate in collective action to improve their position in society.