Intergroup Relations: Types of Prejudice

Types of disfavor PSY322 Intergroup Relations Jonathan Cadieux Outline Model of detriment Sexism big(a) versed Orientation Ageism Fiske disfavor Model ? 4 Types of Groups ? base on Competence and Warmth ? Competence perceived group positioning ? Warmth perceived competition ? Group 1 Incompetent only when warm ? Low status, non belligerent ? Results in Paternalistic injustice ? Group 2 Incompetent and non warm Low status, competitive Results in swaggering preconceived idea Group 3 Competent solely not warm High status, competitive Results in covetous disfavor Group 4 Competent and warm High status, not competitive Results in Admiration ? Fiske damage Model Competence Envious Prejudice Jews, Asians, Feminists, Wealthy people Warmth High Admiration In-group, completion associate Low High Welfare recipients, Poor people Contemptuous Prejudice Elderly, Disabled, Housewives Low Paternalistic Prejudice What About Working Moms? Competence Envious Prejudice Je ws, Asians, Feminists, Wealthy people Warmth High Admiration In-group, Close entirelyies Low High Welfare recipients, Poor people Contemptuous Prejudice Elderly, Disabled, HousewivesLow Paternalistic Prejudice Stereotypes of Working Moms Cuddy, Fiske, & Glick (2004) How are functional moms viewed compared to working dads and working women without children? Ps rated fictitious targets Competence, warmth, homogeneouslihood of professional rewards Target any male/female with a child or not Predictions from Fiske Prejudice Model Working moms would be viewed as housewives are viewed warm & heavy-handed Working moms warmer but less competent than working women without kids few professional rewards for working moms Stereotypes of Working MomsCuddy, Fiske, & Glick (2004) Gender Gap in the work Women accounted for only 14. 4% of executive positions Source 2010 Catalyst Census heap 500 Women Board Directors and the 2010 Catalyst Census Fortune 500 Women executive director O fficers and Top Earners Women continue to earn less than men. For example, female managers earned 81 cents for e rattling dollar earned by male managers in 2007 (Source U. S. Govt Acctountability Office) On the other hand Sexism and grammatical gender roles Differences in wages are ascribable to sexism, but this appears to operate differently than through overt discrimination. Sexism in the definition of gender roles seem to be at the root of discrepancies in wages. latent solutions Encouraging women to enter higher paying fields (currently male-dominated) Stereotype holy terror? Encouraging more than equitable share of househ grizzly chores and family caretaking . Maternity = writing leaves? Sexism Definition Types of sexism Old-fashioned Endorse traditional gender roles & gender stereotypes mean in different treatment of men & women Modern Less clamant denial of discrimination against women Nonsupport of programs & legislation to help women kindly vs. Hosti le Benevolent autocratic but stereotyped views paternalistic Hostile controvert attitudes vox populi in inferiority Old-fashioned sexism Old fashioned sexism For those of you who think it was half(prenominal) a ampere-second ago For those of you who think it was half a century ago Stigma of Over metric weight unit Overweight stereotype Lazy, lack self-control, unattractive, leaden Stigma is experienced differently Seen as controllable Outcomes for overweight Held responsible for negative outcomes More openly derogated Prejudiced against own group well-being of the Overweight Quinn & Crocker (1999) Exp. Role of Protestant Ethic (PE) Implications for overweight women Exp. 1 correlational lease Independent Variables Protestant Ethic, weight status (normal, somewhat overweight, very overweight) Dependent Variable well-being Quinn & Crocker (1999) Exp. 1 Results Well-being of the Overweight Quinn & Crocker (1999) Exp. 2 vizord PE or inclusion Mood effects of m edia messages Read dissever that primed PE or inclusion Read another article that discussed negative social effects of being overweight Independent Variables Prime condition, weight status (normal, overweight) Dependent Variables well-being (post pre), appearance SE (post only) Quinn & Crocker (1999) Psychological welfare Exp. 2 Well-being 1. 5 1 0. 5 Normal metric weight unit Overweight 0 -0. 5 -1 -1. 5 Protestant Ethic Prime Inclusive Prime Quinn & Crocker (1999) Appearance self-pride Exp. 2 Appearance Self-Esteem 3. 6 3. 5 3. 4 3. 3 3. 2 3. 1 3 2. 9 2. 8 2. 7 Normal Weight Overweight Protestant Ethic Prime Inclusive Prime Obesity in Canada Antigay Prejudice Forms of discrimination Legal rights, hate crimes Heterosexism Current attitudes Sex differences Characteristics of high prejudicedAntigay prejudice in the Real existence The Voice Coach Makes anti-gay slur 34-year old The Voice Coach and country singer, Blake Shelton has gotten himself into hot water for maki ng an anti-gay slur. It all started on Tuesday, when Shelton, Tweeted his own version of Shania Twains Any exploit of Mine Any man that tries touching my behind, hes gonna be a beaten, bleedin, heaving kind of guy. Antigay prejudice in the Real World Tracy Morgan Apologizes for Anti- joyous Slurs ()the alleged remarks during the show included how he would react violently if his watchword were gay and used a gay oice, that the gay community should not be whining about something as insignificant as bullying, and he allegedly added, Gay is something that kids learn from the media and programming. Antigay prejudice in the Real World Gay rights group to launch complaint over homophobic comments by RDS (TV Sports) analysts Mailhot, a causation provincial assistant deputy minister, and Goldberg, were discussing the skating of Johnny Weir, the flamboyant 23-year-old and ternion -time U. S. champion . This may not be politically correct, but do you think he lost points due to his costume and his body lecture? Theyll think all the boys who skate will end up like him, he said. It sets a bad example. We should make him (Weir) pass a gender test at this point, Goldberg said, and Mailhot then jokingly suggested Weir should compete in the womens competition. regard of Antigay prejudice Suicide risks Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth 4 time more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers (Massachusetts Youth Risk stick to 2007). More than 1/3 of LGB youth report having made a suicide attempt (DAugelli AR Clinical Child Psychiatry and psychological science 2002) LGB youth who come from highly rejecting families are more than 8 times as likely to have attempted suicide than LGB peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection (Ryan C, Huebner D, et al. , 2009) Visit http//www. thetrevorproject. org/ for more info on this issue. Canadian Students Attitudes toward Homosexuals (Schellenberg, Hirt, & Sears, 1999) University of Windso r students Completed short version of Attitudes toward Lesbians & Men scale E. g. Female quirk is a sin, I think male homosexuals are ill-scented Did attitudes vary by Gender, faculty, year in school? Predictions Science or Business Arts & Social Science Men Women 1st class 4th Year Canadian Students Attitudes toward Homosexuals (Schellenberg, Hirt, & Sears, 1999) Canadian Students Attitudes toward Homosexuals (Schellenberg, Hirt, & Sears, 1999) Stereotype Threat and intimate Orientation Bosson, Haymovitz, & Pinel (2004) Gay and heterosexual male undergrads Primed sexual orientation course or not Interacted with 4-6 year old children for 5 min fundamental interaction videotaped and coded for Non-verbal anxiety Childcare performance Prediction? Non-verbal Anxiety Bosson et al. 2004) Childcare exertion Bosson et al. (2004) How can we change this? One way could be by confronting anti-gay behaviour/speech whenever we see/hear it. CONFRONTATION OF PREJUDICE Verba lly or nonverbally expressing ones dissatisfaction with prejudicial and discriminatory treatment to the psyche who is responsible for making the remark or behavior (Shelton, Richeson, Salvatore, & Hill, 2006, p. 67). encounter of Prejudice Previous Work Almost exclusively with Sexism and Racism confrontation brusk work done with anti-gay prejudice Confrontation of racial and gender biasCzopp, Monteith (2003) Study 2 Imagined setting (read scenario) IV Racist remark or sexist remark Testing for moderating role of the race or gender of the person confronting. Results Czopp, Monteith (2003) persuasive LIKEABLE THREAT GUILT AND NEG. ego PERSUASIVE LIKEABLE THREAT Results Czopp, Monteith (2003) PERSUASIVE LIKEABLE THREAT GUILT AND NEG. SELF PERSUASIVE LIKEABLE THREAT Results Czopp, Monteith (2003) GUILT AND NEG. SELF Confrontation of racial and gender bias Czopp, Monteith (2003) General conclusion Sexism and racism not satisfactory Non-target group members have a unique p portunity for prejudice reduction opposite Findings Czopp, Monteith (2006), Rasinski, Czopp (2010) LIKEABLE LIKEABLE Other Findings Confrontation is effective reduces further colored responses in all participants (Czopp, Monteith, Mark, 2006) Witnesses rate non-target confronters as more persuasive, and more positive than target confronters (Rasinski & Czopp, 2010) Cadieux & Chasteen (2013) 136 Participants recruited from PSY100 (47 males, 89 females Age M=18. 9, SD=1. 92) Read a mitt of an IM chat log and were told that we are looking at how social media affects normal communication Scripts included either an antigay comment that 1) 2) The confronter was either gay, straight, or did not have his orientation divulged and this was hinted to the participant on a profile page (Facebook) A) B) C) Profiles were pilot tested to get baseline evaluations of likeability, masculinity, femininity, attractiveness, etc. Experimental conditions Sexual orientation Scenario Straig ht Comment WITH Confrontation Gay Comment WITHOUT Confrontation Undisclosed Results MAIN offspring (c) F(1,130)=3. 77, p=. 05 ? 2=. 028 Results MAIN EFFECT (o) F(2,130)=76. 31, p