PSY 274 1st Edition Lecture 9Outline of Last Lecture I. Prejudice- Categorization- Stereotypes- Prejudice- DiscriminationII. Minimal Groups- In-group vs. Out-groupIII. Moral superiorityIV. Perceived threatV. Having common goals/interdependenceVI. Common valuesVIII. Power politicsOutline of Current Lecture I. Stanford Prison Experiment OverviewII. Movie of experimentIII. Debrief Current Notes:Stanford Prison Experiment:Not an intergroup study- Was designed to test the power of a situation- However, tells us a lot about what group membership can do to intergroup relations.Movie of the experiment shown.ZimbardoReducing prejudice:Contact Hypothesis: Contact between minority and majority members will reduce prejudice (in the majority members) and raise self-esteem (in the minority members).Robber’s cave:- stage 3 : integration phase (reducing friction)contact after stages 1&2 was very hostile, but it was reduced because 6 conditions were met.- Mutual interdependence- Common goals- Equal status- Friendly, informal setting- The out-group members must be seen as typical of his or her group- Social
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