Outgroup

understand or to be accepting of the fact that there are people and cultures that do things differently. (Collaco, Day, & Dong, Para. 1, Pg. 29) states that, “Ethnocentrism is viewed as lacking acceptance of cultural diversity and intolerance for outgroups. This lack of acceptance of cultural diversity has a strong tendency to lead to negative stereotypes toward other cultural/ethnic groups, negative prejudice and negative behaviors against these group members.” Personally, I believe that…

Among racist groups in the United States, one of them consists of group collected of racist skinheads. Martinez and Selepak explain that these groups “are made up of young white males, bound together through a culture of hatred of outgroup members”, continuing that “members of racist skinhead groups are violent and commit indiscriminate acts of brutality against minorities, homosexuals, non-racist skinhead whites, and the government.” Racist skinheads first emerged in England, primarily in the…

represent participants of a groupthink mentality. This is exemplified in their eagerness to coordinate with the group’s behavior and attitude, as well as their need to differentiate between their group’s popularity (the ingroup) and other groups’ (the outgroups). Also, it is further illustrated by the members’ need to maintain consensus even when they have internal disagreements with the group’s point of view and course of action. Furthermore, although I believe that Cady succumbed more to…

In an ever globally growing society, a mixture of cultures, community, and desires for control compete. Culture includes the phenotypic differences others perceive, but culture also contains the foundation of inner values and beliefs. Control is the grab for power that has been repeatedly sought after between varying regions and groups; furthermore, the repercussions of this desire is evident throughout history. Community not only brings those with similar backgrounds together, but is a vital…

In politics, demagoguery is usually used by a speaker to persuade an audience with propaganda rather than the quality of the argument. Demagoguery refers to the political strategy that appeals to an audience’s emotions and prejudices with certain characteristics and elements. In junior Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s speech to the American public, he used demagoguery to appeal to the American audience on the wrongdoings and undermining communist actions of Edward R. Murrow, the Educational Director…

A class divided Earlier in October, my teacher had spent several classes on letting us watching documentaries about racism. The most famous one was Jane Elliott's blue/brown eyes experiment. I have to admit that I felt awful when I watched Jane Elliott's experiments. She was such a mean teacher in that video. I felt like if I was one of her students, I would throw all the things whatever it was in my hand to her face and left. A college girl indeed quitted because she could not take any more…

positive video improved recognition of Black faces. This dissociation between Black and White recognition changes led Johnson and Fredrickson to hypothesize that positive affect had a specific impact on Black recognition because positive emotions reduce outgroup categorization. Dovidio, Gaertner, Isen, and Lowrance (1995) found that when participants are happy, they are more inclined to see characters in a narrative as one superordinate group than to categorize the characters as members of…

We humans are social creatures with biological needs such as interpersonal connections and social interactions. Without any interpersonal connections and social interactions, people are going to have difficulties navigating through the world. Therefore, humans have the tendency to form groups as a way to provide each other with resources, a sense of belonging, emotional support, and knowledge. For example, people often rely on each other and collaborate with each other to accomplish tasks…

The results of the study supported the predicted hypotheses. Firstly, the resumes which supposedly belonged to the Internally Displaced Persons received overall higher hiring recommendation scores than those that had the control locations specified as birthplaces. This shows that positive biases likely exist in favor of the IDPs; thus, the previous findings that positive biases exist in favor of disabled people whose disabilities were caused by external factors (Bordieri & Drehmer, 1986), can be…

(Groupthink, 2017). The downside of this is that dissenters are disliked, and treated unfairly, so the team leaders should establish policy procedures to protect alternative viewpoints, thus protecting other views from backlash and being relegated to outgroup…