1. Ch 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, & Discrimination Part 2: Sept. 27, 2010

2. What causes prejudice? 1) Motivational Factors: – Optimal distinctiveness – Intergroup conflict – Sherif’s “Robber’s Cave” experiment – 2 groups of boys divided into groups – Effect of competition? – Resolution?

3. – Realistic Conflict theory – impact of limited resources – Social Identity theory – status of our groups Importance of self-esteem on ingroup favoritism

4. What causes prejudice? 2) Cognitive factors – – Categorization – importance of heuristics Outgroup homogeneity effect – what is it? – Why does it happen? » 1) » 2) – Jane Elliott’s research fits with this explanation…

5. Blue Eyed/Brown Eyed Experiment Jane Elliott – 3 rd grade teacher in Iowa in 1968. All-white, all-Christian community. Blue-eyed/Brown-eyed exercise – how did it work? – Kids are told blue-eyed were superior, nicer, etc. – Day 2 reversed the groups Effects on group ‘on the bottom’?

6. Blue-eyed Video 1970 video “Eye of the Storm” with original kids Elliott now runs organizational & campus diversity seminars Elliott’s main point? – How can we predict our reactions to discrimination?