Outgroup

Harold Evans, a British born journalist who wrote for The Sunday Times, described the limiting nature of stereotypes perfectly when he said that “Attempting to get a truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.” Stereotypes majorly impact every human society in an unparalleled manner, and will always continue to exist along with humanity. Since the founding of the country, the United States (U.S.) maintains a legacy of prejudice; the nation retains a history of racism and copious stereotypes.…

Examining researches, it has been suggested that the part of the problem with police violence against citizens is born of officers’ fears (Weaver, 2014). According to Weaver (2014), Gordon B. Moskowitz, chair of the psychology department at Lehigh University, suggestion is that the link between police violence and racism is not due to the fact that dislike and hatred of blacks by police officers. However, it is also guileless to suggest that those actions by the officers has no correlation to…

Literature has most often catered to the tradition of idealizing friendship, portraying the brighter side leaving out the more realistic, murkier and the complex aspects. In any friendship there are compromises, resulting in dissatisfaction and distress. It would be imprudent to ignore the negative experiences as they have a lasting influence on one’s life. Psychologists put forth that, “as a developmental hindrance, experience in friendship relation would be expected to push a child forward…

and their social position. The gender status, their status as immigrants, language barriers, cultural and religious identity as well as their Islamic dress code contributes to the fact that Muslim women are regarded as “the Other,” as a stereotyped outgroup that does not fit into major society. Their social position increases the risk of becoming victims of hate crimes. This hypothesis is supported by studies, reports as well as the media, all suggesting that…

Miller defines victimization as “The in-group is being victimized by the situation (often by being treated the same as the outgroup)” (Miller, 5) and “the claim is that the in-group has responded to this victimization with extraordinary patience and kindness” (Miller, 5). An example of victimization in Wallace’s speech, would be when he says “As the national racism of Hitler's…

On April 6, 1994 the death of the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi sparked a massacre within Rwanda, known as the Rwandan Genocide. Genocide is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the “deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. ” Social bias, discrimination and prejudice ultimately lead to the death of up to 1,000,000 Rwandans. What social roles lead to this massacre and what precautions can be taken to prevent an event like this?…

By adopting a social identity as an American and a white male, he feels his need to preserve his group and progress their societal standings. With the occurrence of 9/11 at the time, the increased presence of outgroup homogeneity effect becomes relatively clear in that the notion “all Muslims are terrorist”. At the same time, Stroman among others, sought to utilize this as means of a scapegoat to allow the elimination of some perceived threat to the “True Americans”…

Social Pressures that Contribute to Groupthink and Their Effects on Decision Making in the Workplace Irving Janice coined the term groupthink as a phenomenon in which the norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action (Robbins and Judge, 2015). Some precursors that may facilitate groupthink behavior are groups that have a high level of cohesion, a group that has been sequestered from expert judgement or individuals who may play “devil’s advocate”, or very…

middle-class community, being poor and looking poor is already a barrier. The poor boys were already the “outside group,” while the majority middle class were “the inside group.” The boys had likely been receiving messages from early on that they were outgroup members of the community, who could be dismissed from the beginning as children with little to no resources who were not as valuable to the community. Chambliss notes that their visibility contributed to this deviant labeling. This…

We humans are socially driven agents, possessing an innate need to affiliate in some situations and compete in others. This desire leads us to form an ‘us ' and ‘them ' dichotomy which pervades almost all aspects of our lives, resulting in stereotypes, prejudices and other forms of biases, some mild and others detrimental in its consequences(Amodio, 2014). This paper aims to discuss the processes and consequences of stereotyping from a social psychological perspective, with a special focus on…