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Stereotype Threat and Prejudice Factors

Explore the effects of stereotype threat on performance and how it is studied and manipulated. Learn about the causes of prejudice including motivational, cognitive, and social factors. Discover the impact of socialization and media on gender stereotypes.

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Stereotype Threat and Prejudice Factors

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  1. Ch 9: Prejudice Part 3: March 26, 2014

  2. Stereotype Threat (cont.) - • How does stereotype threat affect performance? • How is it studied? • How is stereotype threat manipulated? • What about positive stereotypes? • Results: • How can you protect against stereotype threat?

  3. What causes prejudice? • Motivational, Cognitive, & Social factors… • 1) Motivational Factors: • A) Realistic Conflict – • B) Social Identity theory – • C) Intergroup conflict – • Sherif’s ‘Robber’s Cave’ experiment – • What solution reduced the prejudice?

  4. What causes prejudice? (cont.) • 2) Cognitive factors – • Outgroup homogeneity effect: • Why does it happen? • Lack of familiarity w/outgroup • Don’t interact w/representative sample

  5. Example of ingroup/outgroup distinctions: • “Blue-eyed/Brown-eyed exercise” by Jane Elliott • Background of the exercise: • Day 1 vs. Day 2 • Effects for the group ‘on the bottom’? • Elliott’s main point? • Criticisms of Elliott’s exercise:

  6. What causes prejudice? (cont.) • 3) Social sources - • Importance of socialization by parents, peers, media, etc. • Gender stereotype examples • Correlation between parents’ stereotypes & kids’ • Links to parenting behaviors & kids’ play behaviors

  7. Media effects – • Images may indicate how men/women should look • Research evidence of ‘face-ism’ • What is this effect? • Archer’s research on face-ism • Gender differences - • Perceptions of the target?

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