Outgroup Homogeneity Effect

In the movie Pretty in Pink, there are dominant groups within the school, the popular, rich kids and the poor, eccentric kids from the other side of the tracks. The story is told from the side of the poor kids, well by one girl inparticular. She projected the outgroup homogeneity effect onto the popular crowd in assuming that they were all the same – dense and snobby. But then she met a guy from the outgroup and realized that maybe they weren’t all the same after all…

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/pretty-in-pink-1986/02d1aa9ebdf15e9e2f9d02d1aa9ebdf15e9e2f9d-55878026471


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Conformity

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SOcial NAture of Attributions
Conformity:
• Take on attitudes of others, because people think acceptable.

This picture shows how two girls are clearly on the same page about what look they were going for at the beach.

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Why do we eat more in groups?

In another class, I read that people (& lab rats) eat 60% more when eating with others as opposed to eating alone (Redd and de Castro, 1992). The book suggested that feelings of satiety change with the number of people around us. I am unsure about the physiological explanation behind this -- how could the simple presence of more people drive us to consume larger amounts? I could see the evolutionary reasoning for rats (their ancestors might have needed to fight for food), but I'm not quite sure about humans. Thoughts?

I also saw the following video online, mentioning this phenomenon. They attributed this as a social norm -- that people simply eat as a social event.



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Kelly C.
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Stereotypes of Police

This shows stereotypes of Police liking donuts. Andrew Meraz- A07961934

Gender norms with Hello Kitty

This article describes a punishment tactic used by the Thai government officials. If policemen committed a misdemeanor, they had to wear a pink Hello Kitty armband over their bicep. This method attempted to make the policemen feel emasculated. I thought it was interesting how the government officials believed that a public display of "emasculation" would prevent future crimes. This speaks about gender in society, and how the reversal of gender norms makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Here is a picture of said armband:



Source: The New York Times

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Kelly C.
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Stereotypes - South Park

Episode : Museum of Tolerance
This is a short clip from South Park about discrimination and common stereotypes.

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Food Court Musical

This video shows a sense of conformity, why people. You can observe how the in group out group effect when the hot dog on a stick "employee" started singing. Peoples were giving her looks, because she was behaving out of the norms.

ChengHsun Chuang