Cognitive model of ethnic situations

• Nino Chubinidze

This study explores the role of situational models in the construction of social memory, specifically in the context of ethnic prejudice and stereotypes. We argue that these models, which are formed after understanding and evaluating a social situation, serve as cognitive frameworks for discourse production. These models, structured hierarchically and categorically, contain knowledge and beliefs that shape how individuals communicate These schemas are not arbitrary; they emerge from social interactions and shape how ethnic groups are perceived. Ethnic attitudes are primarily negative, driven by negative representations formed from past experiences. Thus, ethnic prejudices are reinforced through subjective representations stored in ethnic situation models, which are activated in social contexts, shaping the dominant group's views.

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