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Group Influence and Prejudice
Agenda
• 1. Review Asch and Obedience (15)• 2. Prejudice (20)• 3. Discuss the Jane Elliot Study (15)• 4. America in 1968, Police footage (CSPAN)
(15)• 5. Stereotypes and Prejudice, toys! (15)• 6. Target article. (10)
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Reasons for Conforming with the group:
Normative Social Influence: Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection. – A person may respect normal behavior because there
may be a severe price to pay if not respected. (ex. Clothing)
Informational Social Influence: The group may provide valuable information about how to act.
• You’re new to school and just go with the flow at a pep rally
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Our behavior can change in the presence of others
Social facilitation: Refers to improved performance on tasks in the presence of others.
Social loafing: The tendency of an individual in a group to exert less effort toward attaining a common goal because the attention is not on them.
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Example: Group work. Some people do the work others don’t but still get the good grade
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Deindividuation: Mob mentality
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations makes you act like you wouldn’t normally act because you think you can’t be held accountable.
Mob behavior
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Effects of Group Interaction
• Group Polarization enhances a group’s prevailing attitudes through a discussion.
• If a group is like-minded, discussion strengthens its prevailing opinions and attitudes.
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Groupthink•Disastrous consequence of group polarization
• It is mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides the realistic alternatives or viewpoints.
•Example: leads to poor decisions that can effect many people
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Power of Individuals
• The power of social influence is enormous, but so is the power of the individual.
• Non-violent fasts and appeals by Gandhi led to the independence of India from the British.
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Prejudice and Racism
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Prejudice
• Simply called “prejudgment,” a prejudice is an unjustifiable (usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members.
• Prejudice is often directed towards different cultural, ethnic, or gender groups.
Sources of Prejudice
Psychological Social Economic CulturalLow self-esteem Anxiety Insecurity
Groupthink Conformity Parental messages Societal messages (ads, etc.)
Majority’s desire to preserve its status Competition for jobs, power, resources
Ethnocentrism Desire for group identity The justification of war
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How Prejudiced are People?
Over the duration of time many prejudices against interracial marriage, gender,
homosexuality, and minorities have decreased.
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Racial & Gender Prejudice
Americans today express much less racial and gender prejudice, but prejudices still
exist.
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Us vs. Them
Ingroup: People with whom one shares a common identity.
Outgroup: Those perceived as different from one’s ingroup.
Ingroup Bias: The tendency to favor one’s own group.
• Leads to the Just-World – Effect
• The tendency of people to believe the world is just, because “bad” people get what they deserve
Toys!!!