prejudice

Question 1

elliot aim

Answer 1

to educate a class of grade 3 students on racism and discrimination through immersive education and experiencing it first hand

Question 2

elliot method

Answer 2

day one blue eyes superior, got privillages. day two brown eye. day three debriefed and explained

Question 3

elliot results

Answer 3

superior group felt amazing and bullied those who were inferiror. they performed well in tests and had fun. inferior group did badly on tests and felt discouraged.

Question 4

elliot concluions

Answer 4

prejudice can be reducded by experiencing discrimination first hand
diversity training
educating kids can decrease prejudice long term
experiencing discrimination increases empthy for those how have to suffer all the time, and redcues discriminatory behaviour

Question 5

elliot evaluations

Answer 5

field
male and female
provided a real way to reduce prejudice
biased sample
unethical

Question 6

elliot analysis

Answer 6

bezrukova sound similar results in adults but also found that long term is better than one offs
diversity training for those who have had an offence or js in general in jobs

Question 7

robbers cave aim

Answer 7

to see if prejudice would arise through competition over limited resources

Question 8

robbers cave method

Answer 8

22 same boys into two groups. week 1 summer camp.week 2 comepetiotns. week 3 superordinate goals

Question 9

robbers cave results

Answer 9

prejudice in the form of name calling, fights and wrecking dorms emerged very easily. only resolved using superordinate goals

Question 10

robbers cave conclusions

Answer 10

prejudice emerges due to competition over limited resources
conflict can be resolved using superordinate goals

Question 11

robbers cave evaluations

Answer 11

field
huge impact on this area of psychology
real world model
biased sample
unethical

Question 12

rct evaluations

Answer 12

supported by robbers cave and zimbardos prision experiment
similar effects have been found irl
puts the focus on individual goals
goals are actually fluid
lacks sophisticastion of sit
too narrow

Question 13

rct application

Answer 13

football fans

Question 14

sit evaluations

Answer 14

why conformity is a thing
tajfel
other studies support (lemyre and smith)
mainstream theory to this day
aboud group favouritsm
over simplistic
rubin and hewstone dismiss the theory
interrelations change over time
cant explain extreme discrimination

Question 15

sit application

Answer 15

bullying

Question 16

sit theory

Answer 16

we act with predujice towards others to boost our self esteem

Question 17

rct theory

Answer 17

we act with prejudice towards others due to competition over limited resources

Question 18

scapegoat theory

Answer 18

we act with prejudice towards others as we blame them for problems that we see in our lives

Question 19

scapegoat evidence

Answer 19

cohen - 1981 remember scheme consisitant information

Question 20

scapegoat evalutaions

Answer 20

makes cognitive sense
provides clues on how to effectively tackle and reduce prejudice
largely outdated as it doesnt provide a full explaination as to why this happens - why some and not others?
better explained by other theories such as sit

Question 21

analsyis points for scapgoating

Answer 21

explains nazis as jews were blamed for the economic crisis in germany
immigrants blamed for lack of jobs in the uk

Question 22

stereotyping theory

Answer 22

we attribute identical traits and qualities to every member of a group despite their individual characteristics. this is often oversimplified, distorted and inaccurate

Question 23

stereotyping evalutaions

Answer 23

supported by other psychologists such as aboud (group favouritism) and bargh and chartland (automatic thinking)
some people reject the idea that they are subconcious, rutland says they are a concious way to make sense of the world around us and we choose to use them.

Question 24

stereotyping evidence

Answer 24

cohen (confirmation bias)
ambady - when reminded of gender differences girls did worse on a maths test

Question 25

stereotyping applications

Answer 25

schools can try and demolsie them media can go against them online algorithms

Question 26

authoritarian personality theory

Answer 26

there are some people who have had authoritarian parents growing uo which leads them to value order and hate weakness, as well as having repressed ager towards their parents which they then take out on those they view as wrong or weak.

Question 27

ap evidence

Answer 27

f - scale test

Question 28

ap evalutions

Answer 28

consistiant findings thoughout many studies, although some go on to explain it in psychoanalytical terms rather than cognitive all agree options lead to a high f score. are they really fascist or do they js agree? doesnt account for political influence or cultral beliefs

Question 29

applications of ap

Answer 29

explains hitler donald trump psychoanalytical - repression links with a parenting - monkey see monkey do sit - a parenting leads to low self esteem

Question 30

sexism

Answer 30

benokaitis and feagin - forms jeavons and savestos - women find a lower level of employment than meritied, gender pay gap

Question 31

racism

Answer 31

bartrand and mullainathon white and black applications for jobs

Question 32

ageism

Answer 32

cuddy and fiske - worse attitudes towards older people than younger people

Question 33

superordinate goals

Answer 33

sherrif, walker and crogan (australia) and bridgeman (texas school)

Question 34

educations

Answer 34

elliot and bezrukiova

Question 35

media

Answer 35

riggle (gay) and paluck (rwanada)

Question 36

affirmitive actions

Answer 36

lear, bron and pattigrew and martin