Intergroup Cognition and Emotions Theories

Intergroup Cognition and Emotions Theories

Application: Intergroup Cognition and Emotions Theories

Two main theories detailing the complicated relationship between group identification and intergroup relations include the intergroup threat theory and the intergroup emotions theory. Each theory provides varying explanations as to when and why prejudiced behavior may occur. As you read about these theories, pay special attention to the role of emotion in each theory.

For this essay, select a current event depicting gender, race, age, sexual preference, or prejudice, and consider how the two theories listed above pertain to the current event you selected.

1. Select a current event that demonstrates gender, race, age, sexual preference, or prejudice. Explain how the intergroup threat theory and the intergroup emotions theory would interpret the event.
2. Explain the key tenets of each theory as the foundation for intergroup relationships as applied to the current event you selected.
3. Explain the role of emotion in each theory and explain how it pertains to the current event you selected.
4. Explain three ways to reduce intergroup bias and prejudice with regard to the current event you selected.

   Be specific and use the current literature to support your response.
   Please use plagiarism check.

Resource:

Course Media

• Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Prejudice. Baltimore, MD: Author.

  (Click on the television screen once the video opens in a new window. “The Company” will appear on the television image.) Note: While the content within this media piece references Week 11, it is intended for Week 10 in this course.

• • Transcript

Readings

• Course Text:Nelson, T. D. (Ed.). (2016). Handbook of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination (2^nd ed.) . New York, NY: Psychology Press.
  • Chapter 2, “Understanding and Reducing Racial and Ethnic Prejudice Among Children and Adolescents”
  • Chapter 10, “Intergroup Emotions Theory”
  • Chapter 15, “How Our Dreams of Death Transcendence Breed Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Conflict: Terror Management Theory”

• Article: Devine, P. G. (1989). Stereotypes and prejudice: Their automatic and controlled components. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(1), 5–18. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycINFO database.

Websites

• Social Psychology Network. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.socialpsychology.org
• Understanding Prejudice. (n.d.). Multimedia center. Retrieved September 30, 2011, fromhttp://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/

Optional Resources

• Article: Hall, B., & Derryberry, W. P. (2010). Are aversive racists distinguishable from those with high explicit racial prejudice? Beliefs and Values, 2(2), 138–153.
• Article: Smith, V. J., Stewart, T. L., Myers, A. C., & Latu, I. M. (2008). Implicit coping responses to racism predict African Americans’ level of psychological distress. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30(3), 264–277.