I.
Stereotyping
Processes
A. Definitions of Stereotypes: “pictures in our heads;” a set of beliefs
about the personal attributes of a group of people—i.e., a generalization about
a group.
1. Cultural versus Individual stereotypes
2. Stereotypes as generalizations
3. Can be good or bad
B. Categorization
1. People almost automatically classify or categorize
similar objects
2. Human beings are cognitive misers who emphasize efficiency
over accuracy
3. Primitive categories
4. Ingroups versus outgroups
C. How and Why Stereotypes are Maintained
1. Stereotypes bias the processing of ambiguous
information
2. Subcategorization:
3. Illusory Correlations
4. Motivation
D. Implicit Stereotyping
1. Two separate memory systems: Explicit and Implicit.
2. Methods: IAT, Priming
3. Patricia Devine’s research comparing implicit
stereotyping among low and high-prejudiced whites.
4. Implications
II.
Content of
Stereotypes
III.
Roots of
Stereotyping and Prejudice: Right Wing Authoritarianism
IV.
Political
Consequences of Racial Stereotypes