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STEREOTYPES ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LUBRICANT OF INTERGROUP BEHAVIOUR. DISCUSS.

Title: STEREOTYPES ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LUBRICANT OF INTERGROUP BEHAVIOUR. DISCUSS.
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STEREOTYPES ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LUBRICANT OF INTERGROUP BEHAVIOUR. DISCUSS.

To adequately investigate the question as to whether stereotypes are the psychological lubricant on intergroup behaviour, several areas need to be considered. In the context of this essay the concept of stereotypes needs to be defined. Although Lippmann (1922) is credited with first using the term ‘stereotype’ in this context it is perhaps Brown (1995) who offers the most applicable definition when he wrote that "to stereotype someone is to attribute to that person some characteristics which …showed first 75 words of 2692 total

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showed last 75 words of 2692 total…and sharedness by the views of in-group and out-group members (1996) British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 369-397. * Tajfel, H. & Turner, J. C. (1979) as cited in Platow, M. J., Harley, K., Hunter, J., A., Hanning, P., Shave, R. & O’Connell, A. (1997). Interpreting in-group-favouring allocations in the minimal group paradigm. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 107-117. * Turner, J. C. (1987) as cited in Maass, A. & Schaller, M. (1991) Intergroup biases and the cognitive dynamics of stereotype formation. European Review of Social Psychology, 2, 190-206.

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