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Discuss how and why cognitive processes can produce prejudice. What is the impact of culture on prejudice? Once stereotypes and prejudices are formed, how do they come to be self-perpetuating?
Prejudice has traditionally been assumed to be the product of some form of malice, brought about by social or emotional forces. In recent years, there has been increasing research on how prejudice can result from cognitive processes, without malicious intent. Discuss how and why cognitive processes can produce prejudice. What is the impact of culture on prejudice? Once stereotypes and prejudices are formed, how do they come to be self-perpetuating?
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URL: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
MUST USE SOURCES BELOW:
Read Chapter 6 in Social Psychology.
URL: http://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/pearson/2016/social-psychology_ebook_14e.php
Read “Prejudice Toward Individuals with Obesity: Evidence for a Pro-Effort Bias” by Beames, Black, & Vartanian from Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (2016).
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Read “Cultural Bias” by Gilstein from Salem Press Encyclopedia (2016).
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Read “Walking the Straight and Narrow: Examining the Role of Traditional Gender Norms in Sexual Prejudice” by Wellman & McCoy from Psychology of Men & Masculinity (2014).
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Read “Ageism” by Byrnes & Dillaway from The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric Health and Social Care (2013)
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Read “Stigma Related to Physical and Sensory Disabilities” by Livneh, Chan, & Kaya from The Stigma of Disease and Disability: Understanding Causes and Overcoming Injustices (2014).
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Read “Assessing Implicit Cognitive Motivation: Developing and Testing an Implicit Association Test to Measure Need for Cognition” by Fleischhauer, Strobel, Enge, & Strobel from European Journal of Personality (2013).
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