concepts they would not normally have. The feeling of acceptance of a certain group can easily influence a person to change their entire viewpoints‚ consciously or unconsciously. These unconscious conformities can lead to attitudes and biases of an outgroup; these biases can be tested by Implicit Association Tests. For centuries‚ humans banded together to form groups to survive. The members of each group feel a close connection to the group they belong to and the other members in their group. When
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National Diversity and Conflict The Role of Social Attitudes and Beliefs Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden‚ op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op dinsdag 13 April 2010 klokke 11.15 uur door Nailah Ayub geboren te Al-Khobar in 1976 2 NATIONAL DIVERSITY AND CONFLICT Promotiecommissie: Promotor: Overige leden: Prof. Dr. K. A. Jehn‚ University of Melbourne
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that individuals count equally‚ regardless of group membership. On these theories at least‚ it is hard to see how leaders and followers might be justified in putting their interests and projects ahead of the interests and projects of members of the outgroup. For example‚ utilitarianism holds that the capacity for happiness and suffering is the only morally relevant characteristic‚ and we can assume that this capacity does not differ with membership in social groups.[12] The same can be said for the
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participants may exercise prejudiced behavior towards their outgroup‚ whether implicitly or explicitly‚ as they do not share membership and feel they are “vastly different” from themselves. Therefore‚ by associating negative words with the outgroup‚ it shows that the participant does have tendencies to be prejudiced. Furthermore‚ since prejudiced behavior protects self-esteem‚ people tend to associate the positive characteristics and words with their ingroup and the opposite with the negative ones. So‚ by being
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The main point of Jane Elliot’s study was to demonstrate to the children how prejudices and pre judgements of a person based on their physical appearance‚ race‚ ethnicity and even eye color can be demeaning to a person’s self worth. At first the students did not believe the impact that discrimination and racism takes on a person until Jane Elliot put the experiment into effect. The experiment was to break the children in groups based on eye color‚ which also can be expressed as social categorization
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few scenes earlier when Michael was staying in their house for the first night she asked her husband if she needed to worry about him steeling anything. This scene is an example the wealthier ladies problem with the Outgroup Homogeneity Effect. The ladies categorize the outgroup
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brotherhood‚ belonging‚ and superiority while the Bloods were described as being the enemies of the Crips and unworthy of their respect. In this scenario‚ what sociological concepts apply to each group for Cody? For instance‚ what is/are Cody’s ingroups‚ outgroups‚ reference groups‚ primary groups‚ secondary groups? 2. What essentials elements are missing from aggregates and categories that are found in "groups." Why are groups more important to humans than either categories or aggregates? 3
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the group. Ties between individuals are loose. People look after themselves and their immediate families. In a collectivist culture‚ the interest of the group prevails over the interest of the individual. People are integrated into strong‚ cohesive ingroups that continue throughout a lifetime to protect in exchange for unquestioning loyalty (Hofstede‚ 1997). One difference is reflected in who is taken into account when you set goals. In individualist cultures‚ goals are set with minimal consideration
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stigmatized group to which one belongs Attributional ambiguity (p.471) Biases assigned to a person without intention‚ awareness‚ effort‚ or control‚ often based on subliminal cues Implicit bias Economic‚ political‚ military‚ or prestige-related threats to ingroup advantage that result in negative intergroup reactions Realistic group conflict theory (p.458) Applying one’s cognitive expectations and associations about a group to a person Social Cognition (pg. 431) Prejudice that is cool‚ indirect‚ automatic
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“It is estimated about eleven million immigrant living in the United States‚ in which six million are Mexican” (Passel‚ 2005). Many Mexican will sacrifice their family culture and traditions to move to a foreign country for a better way of life. The change of life is difficult for traditional family‚ having to change their culture traditions and even having to add new ones can have a huge impact on families. Family is a very important factor for Mexican families‚ having that strong bond and respect
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