3: Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination Flashcards
what two components make up Prejudice?
A. Information and evaluation
B. Affect (Emotion) (for example, a feeling of dislike for a certain group)
Realistic conflict theory
prejudice is a result of competition for scarce resources by two or more groups
Social categorization
in-groups and out-groups, each group views itself as superior to its rivals
what is the central distortion of stereotypes?
out-group homogeneity
Illusory correlation
principle of cognition is that when two extraordinary events occur close together in time or space, we tend to perceive that they are related
Tokenism
involves performing highly visible but trivial non-discriminatory behaviours toward an out-group person to obscure large-scale discrimination elsewhere.
reverse discrimination
involves disguising or compensating for prejudice by treating out-group members better than in-group members
Common in-group identity model
recategorize, that is, redraw the boundary around, instead of between, in-group and out-group
Prospect theory
risk averse, people weigh losses more heavily than equivalent gains
singlism – neg. stereotypes and discrimination towards single folks
Glass cliff effect
in crisis, women’s leadership is often turned to as an alternative when there is a greater risk of failure
Benchmarking
“I’m not as prejudice as Sue”
Expectation theory
holds that “at least temporary exchange of majority versus minority roles” (Aronson & Bridgeman, 2020, p. 341) is necessary to create a sense of equal status which supports reducing prejudice.
