6- Targets Flashcards
How are effects of prejudice characterised?
Pervasive
How is stigma defined?
Negative regard, inferior status, relative powerlessness society collectively accords to people possessing a particular characteristic or belonging to a particular group/social category
Link & Phelan’s 5 factors of stigma
- Labelling
- Stereotypes
- Us vs them
- Status
- Discrimination
What is everyday prejudice?
Expression of prejudice and/or the display of discriminatory behaviour embedded in people’s daily lives
What are microaggressions?
Small/subtle comments where prejudice is directed
What is stereotype threat?
Someone has concern over being judged or treated negatively based on a negative group stereotype, leading to efforts to avoid confirming the stereotype that undermines performance
What did Spencer et al find about stereotypes?
Women performed better on a task when not informed of a gender difference (men are better than women at maths) than when informed of a gender difference
What are boundary conditions?
Individuals may have to identify with the domain before stereotype threat can occur
What setting may stereotype threat be more likely to occur in?
A lab setting
How is stress defined?
Physical, mental, or emotional pressure, strain or tension
How is social stressor defined?
Events or conditions requiring the individual to adapt to new situations
How is stigma a social stressor?
Stigma is stress leading to mental health problems in people who are part of stigmatised minority groups
What did Frost et al find are negative outcomes of stigma?
Health, performance, relationship
7 negative outcomes of stigma found by Meyer, 2007
Alienation
Lack of integration
Low self-acceptance
Depressive symptoms
Substance abuse
Suicide ideation
General wellbeing
What does Frost’s process model of social stigma and its consequences suggest?
Ways we respond to the stigma influences whether we experience negative or positive outcomes
