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Intergroup Dynamics and Relations Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Social psychology and intergroup relations

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Intergroup Relations

Variables to Consider
1. Past History of the Groups
2. Degree of Cultural Distance
3. Rewards the Partic­ipants Feel They Receive

Intergroup Relations

These are seen in the behaviour of group members as well as in their beliefs and attitudes
Stereo­types
represent the traits that we view as charac­ter­istics of social groups or indivi­duals, (parti­cularly those that differ from us)
Attitudes
refer to beliefs and feelings, or emotions towards members of another group, involving evaluation or favour­ability
Values
central attitudes about life goals that are important to a person
Social Norms
patterns of behaviour that are expected to be displayed in a particular social context or situation, even though actual behaviour might diverge from verbally stated norms

Implicit Attitudes

 
Based on these subcon­scious associ­ations which influence our feelings and attitude about others based on their race, ethnicity, age, and appear­ance. These associ­ations develop from our early experi­ences and continue throughout our lifetime. These experi­ences are not limited to just our own personal intera­ctions but also from our exposure to media and news-p­rog­ram­ming.
  

Important Concepts in Studying Diversity

Cultural distance
The degree of difference between groups in critical dimensions of language, religion, family structure, political, and economic systems.
Perceived similarity
Often dichot­omized into perceived ingroup or out-group member­ship. The context of judgment may shift that percep­tion.
Contact
Contact between groups has several important dimens­ions: its frequency, quality, and the degree to which it is individual and personal
Contact Hypoth­esi­s/I­nte­rgroup Contact Theory
Prejudice and conflict between groups can be reduced if members of the groups interact with each other. When groups interact they come to know each other better and there is a reconc­ept­ual­ization of group categories leading to prejudice reduction.
Isomorphic Attrib­utions
 

Intergroup Biases

The cognitive tendencies to evaluate one's own group more favourably than outgroups
-Based solely on one piece of inform­ation: Group Membership
-Exper­iments using only group status found that intergroup biases can develop for artifi­cially created groups regardless of how flimsy its existence
Minimum Ingroup Profit
This strategy awards the highest absolute number of points to ingroup members
Maximum Differ­ent­iation
This strategy seeks to maximise the difference between the ingroup and the outgroup with the difference being in favour of the ingroup members
Minimal Outgroup Benefit
This strategy focuses on allocating as few resources as possible to the members of the outgroup without being concerned about the number of resources allocated to the ingroup.
Ethnoc­entrism
A person­ality trait which indivi­duals reject the outgroups and has a view of one's own group as the standard to which others should be judged
Social Dominance Orient­ation
The general attitu­dinal preference for intergroup relations to be hierar­chal, combined with the attitude that one's own group is superior and should dominate