Ch 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, & Discrimination Part 4: Oct. 3, 2011

What causes prejudice? 3) Culture – Importance of socialization by parents, peers, media, etc. – Gender stereotype examples What is a typical stereotype? Correlation between parents’ stereotypes & kids’ Links to parenting behaviors & kids’ play behaviors

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?

Reducing prejudice Is anyone immune to forming stereotypes? – 2010 study of small group of kids w/Williams Syndrome Gender stereotypes vs. racial stereotypes – results? Link to brain activity – – Most solutions focus on controlled processing: Contact, group interdependence, education, motivation

Reducing Prejudice 1) Intergroup contact – – Allport’s contact hypothesis – Example of early school desegregation in U.S. Need certain conditions: – What are 3 main points to help this work?

2) Group Interdependence - – Jigsaw Classroom example – Aronson’s research Similarity to Robber’s Cave experiment? How does the group project work in jigsaw class? What were the effects? Why does it work?

3) Education – – Jane Elliott’s example – Training in statistics, diversity training 4) Motivation – – Distinction b/w desire to eliminate prejudice vs. desire to appear unbiased