10.3 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Question 1

Stereotypes

Answer 1

when attitudes and impressions are made based on limited and superficial info about a person or a group of indiv and are cognitive`

Question 2

Purpose of Stereotypes

Answer 2

To make sense of a complex world by categorizing and systematizing info in order to better identify items, predict their behavior, and react. HOWEVER, when they are used to develop prejudices toward others and to discriminate, they are being appropriated for neg uses

Question 3

Stereotype content model

Answer 3

classifies stereotypes w/ respect to a hypothetical in-group using 2 dimensions: warmth and competence

Question 4

Classifications of Stereotypes in the Stereotype Content Model

Answer 4

1. Paternalistic
2. Contemptuous
3. Envious
4. Admiration

Question 5

Paternalistic Stereotype

Answer 5

• HIGH warmth, LOW competence

- group is looked down upon as inferior, dismissed, or ignored

Question 6

Contemptuous Stereotype

Answer 6

• LOW warmth, LOW competence

- group is viewed w/ resentment, annoyance, or anger

Question 7

Envious Stereotype

Answer 7

• LOW warmth, HIGH competence

- group is viewed w/ jealousy, bitterness, or distrust

Question 8

Admiration Stereotype

Answer 8

• HIGH warmth, HIGH competence

- group is viewed w/ pride and other positive feelings

Question 9

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 9

Stereotypes can lead to expectations of certain groups, which can create conditions that lead to confirmation of the stereotype

Question 10

Stereotype threat

Answer 10

concern or anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype about one’s social group

Question 11

Prejudice

Answer 11

an irrational pos or neg attitude toward a person, group, or thing prior to an actual experience and is affective

Question 12

Factors that influence prejudice

Answer 12

• Power
• Prestige
• Class

Question 13

Ethnocentrism

Answer 13

the practice of making judgments about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of ones own culture

Question 14

Cultural relativism

Answer 14

• the recognition that social groups and cultures should be studied on their own terms; while one group may follow a given set of rules, that group does not perceive those rule as superior to those of other cultures — just different
• Used to avoid ethnocentrism

Question 15

Discrimination

Answer 15

when prejudicial attitudes cause indiv’s of a particular group to be treated differently than others and is behavioral

Question 16

What influences discrimination

Answer 16

The unequal distribution of power, prestige, and class influence discrimination

Question 17

Forms of discrimination:

Answer 17

• Indiv discrimination

- Institutional discrimination

Question 18

Indiv discrimination

Answer 18

one person discriminating against a particular person or group; conscious and obvious; eliminated by removing the person who is displaying the behavior

Question 19

Institutional discrimination

Answer 19

the discrimination against a particular person or group by an entire institution; harder to extricate due to it being perpetuated by simply maintaining the status quo