THE VIDEOGAMES

 How the stereotypes imbedded within video games may create racial prejudice, how these games might lead to overt discrimination against minorities, and how these games might lead to increased levels of verbal and physical aggression against.

1.  Many people have very little understanding of the dangers of racial stereotypes, and yet such stereotypes have large influences on behavior. For example, Devine (1989) showed how prejudices are acquired. In his research participants were “primed” (activating particular associations in memory) by subliminal presentations of stereotypic or non-stereotypic terms associated with the “Blacks are aggressive” stereotype (Devine, 1989)

   

   
   

   

   
   

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