1. AREA OF STUDY 1: INTERPERSONAL & GROUP BEHAVIOUR
UNIT 2: SELF AND OTHERS
AREA OF STUDY 1:
INTERPERSONAL & GROUP BEHAVIOUR

2. ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE
Primacy Effect = the initial impression we form of a person is more influential than any later information obtained
ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE

3. ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE
STEREOTYPING PREJUDICE DISCRIMINATION
ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE

4. WHAT STEREOTYPES DOES SOCIETY HOLD OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE?

5. STEREOTYPING STEREOTYPE =
A collection of beliefs that we have about the people who belong to a certain group, regardless of individual differences among members of that group
These help us to make sense of our world by giving it order
We fit people in categories
This then provides a system which guides our behaviour when we interact with someone from that group
STEREOTYPING

6. STEREOTYPING We ignore a person’s individuality
WHY IS THIS SOMETIMES BAD?
We ignore a person’s individuality
Often based on incorrect or inadequate information
We tend to disregard information about an individual that is not consistent with the stereotype
STEREOTYPING

7. STEREOTYPING STEREOTYPING STIGMA
A negative label associated with disapproval or rejection by others who are not labelled that way. Members of that group can feel like outcasts who are devalued, ignored and rejected by others
STEREOTYPING