#595 Susan Fiske: Social Categorization, Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 19th 2021.
Dr. Susan Fiske is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Dr. Fiske’s research addresses how stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination are encouraged or discouraged by social relationships, such as cooperation, competition, and power.

In this episode, we talk about social categorization, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, individuation, and social comparison.

Time Links:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Social categorization
02:48 Stereotypes
06:11 Prejudice
07:44 Where stereotypes stem from
10:43 Stereotypes and discrimination
12:54 Power
16:05 Schadenfreude
18:11 Social comparison
20:19 Social diversity and stereotypes
25:27 Fighting back against the negative aspects of stereotyping
27:23 Follow Dr. Fiske’s work!

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Faculty page: https://bit.ly/35CHoOH
The Fiske Lab: https://bit.ly/2ZDysJq
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3zJrFeM
Amazon page: https://amzn.to/3GMrVxd