Author Question: Describe the strategies available to overcome stereotypes and reduce prejudice. What will be an ... (Read 34 times)

sjones · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Describe the strategies available to overcome stereotypes and reduce prejudice.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The tendency to think that all African Americans are likely to be great athletes because LeBron James (2008-09 NBA League MVP) is such a great athlete illustrates the illusory correlation.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

morganmarie791 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a . Possible Response Points:
i. One strategy for overcoming stereotypes and prejudice is to consciously make an effort to override them. This requires that a person be aware of the stereotype and make an effort to not act on it.
ii. Increased contact with outgroup members is another strategy for reducing prejudice and overcoming stereotypes. Intergroup contact at work, even if vicarious, can serve to reduce prejudice.
iii. Prejudice can also be reduced by creating superordinate goals that unite members from two disparate social categories into pursuit of a common goal.
iv. Finally, constructing tasks so that group members from minority or stigmatized groups have equal information/skill to contribute to task completion as any other group member is a tool for reducing prejudice. This has been employed successfully in education through the jigsaw classroom, but structuring other tasks outside of that venue should theoretically benefit from that task structure.

Answer to Question 2

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