Predice & Discrimination

1. Categorisation

1.1. e.g., race, gender

1.1.1. ingroups (us)

1.1.2. outgroups (them)

2. Common Targets

2.1. Blacks

2.2. Women

2.3. Arabs

2.4. Homosexuals

2.5. Overweight People

3. Reducing it

3.1. education

3.1.1. e.g., Australian Eye

3.2. contact with outgroups

3.3. co-operation

3.3.1. superordinate goals

4. Why it Exists

4.1. socialisation

4.1.1. parents

4.1.2. peers

4.1.3. media

4.2. evolution

4.2.1. competition for resources

4.3. ingroup favoritism

4.4. discontinuity effect

4.4.1. groups Vs Individuals

4.5. rationalisation for oppression

4.5.1. powerful groups retaining their status

4.5.2. increase in self-esteem

5. Inner Processes

5.1. duplex mind

5.1.1. nature says 'go'

5.1.2. culture sometimes says 'stop'

5.2. salience

5.2.1. picking on the obvious

5.3. scapegoat theory

5.3.1. blaming outgroups

5.4. self seving bias

5.5. confirmation bias