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9 April Material Type: Notes; Professor: Steiner; Class: General Psychology (GT-SS3); Subject: Psychology; University: Colorado State University;
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9 April Stanford Prison Experiment Role playing Social facilitation Presence of others exaggerates dominant tendency Dominant tendency to do well → social enhancement Dominant tendency to do poorly → social interference Social loafing Less effort when working toward a common goal Groupthink Agreement and harmony Bad decisions Prejudice Prejudgment based on group membership Positive or negative Prototype Mental schema or representation of a category Stereotype
Prototype about group of people Modern racism – subtle covert racism Why prejudice? Social identification Build self-esteem via group membership In group vs outgroup Helping behavior Other people reduce helping Bystander effect Need to notice See it is an emergency Assume responsibility Implicit association test Implicit measure of associations with groups IAT issues May measure familiarity not prejudice Can be faked Not lie detector
