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How do biases impact practical scenarios like job hiring and legal judgments, as discussed in the lecture?
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Biases reflect in scenarios like job hiring and legal judgments, showcasing real-world impacts on outcomes based on race or other biases.
What strategy is suggested in the lecture to reduce prejudice by humanizing abstract issues?
Using stories and personal narratives are powerful tools to evoke empathy and reduce prejudice by humanizing abstract issues.
What does the lecture argue about prejudice and bias, contrary to the conventional view?
Prejudice and bias are seen as natural, often rational, and sometimes even moral, rather than just expressions of ignorance and malevolence.
How can rational thinking help override biased emotional responses, according to the lecture?
Rational thinking helps override biased emotional responses and establish social norms and laws that check base impulses.
How do cultural products like TV shows and books influence societal attitudes towards different social groups, as discussed in the lecture?
Cultural products like TV shows and books shape societal attitudes towards social groups by presenting relatable and empathetic portrayals that can catalyze moral and social change.
What did Henri Tajfel's research reveal about group behaviors, particularly in terms of in-group favoritism and out-group discrimination?
Tajfel's research demonstrated that ordinary psychological processes can lead to extreme behaviors like favoring in-groups and discriminating against out-groups, even with arbitrary group distinctions.
How early do biases and preferences based on commonalities appear in human development, according to studies with infants?
Studies with infants show that biases and preferences based on simple commonalities appear very early in human development.
Give an example from the lecture where a practical scenario demonstrated biases based on race.
Different treatments in eBay sales based on the race indicated by the hand holding baseball cards showcased biases in economic transactions.
How do people naturally categorize others, and what impact does this have on social relationships?
People categorize others into in-group (us) and out-group (them), which influences social relationships and behaviors by enhancing group solidarity but also leading to discrimination and conflict.
According to the lecture, how does stereotyping aid in social navigation despite its potential inaccuracies?
Stereotyping provides valid generalizations that aid in survival and social navigation by using category-based knowledge to inform judgments about new experiences.
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