Author Question: Archie is a bigoted white man who works down at the local pizza parlor. Archie's boss hires Bob, a ... (Read 99 times)

shenderson6 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Archie is a bigoted white man who works down at the local pizza parlor. Archie's boss hires Bob, a black man, to work with Archie on the pizza assembly line. Bob is highly intelligent, very motivated, and in all respects a very personable man.

What should Archie's boss do to manipulate the situation so that Archie might change his initial negative impression of Bob to a more accurate one?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Stereotyping allows us to gain potentially useful information for relatively little cognitive effort. What personal and situational factors can make people more likely to use their stereotypes in order to conserve mental effort?

What will be an ideal response?

sierramartinez · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Options include making it clear that injunctive and descriptive norms run counter to the expression of prejudice; assure that Bob and Archie are of equal status (if possible); create interdependence between the two; assure that there is contact between the two (which is likely anyway); emphasize the need to work together to achieve superordinate goals.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Personal factors: need for structure and mood/emotions. Situational factors: cognitively taxing circumstances, overhearing ethnic slurs (contextual cues).