ch: 11: stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination Flashcards
define prejudice
a negative attitude toward a group and its members
define stereotype
belief that certain attributes are characteristics of members of a particular group
define discrimination
shitty treatment of people based on what kind of group their in
what are some examples of intergroup bias
- heather heyer (charlottesville car attack)
- breonna taylor (shot in her home when police were looking for her boyfriend)
- george floyd
define ambivalent sexism
sexism that contains both positive and negative views of women
benevolent sexism
The “Knight and Shining Armour” basically saying women should conform to traditional gender roles or there will be punishments
hostile sexism
negative feelings toward women
define implicit prejudice
prejudice people are unable to report
why does perceived economics partly explain prejudice?
when people feel insecure economically, they’re more likely to discriminate against others
define ethnocentrism
judging another persons culture from the POV of ones own culture
define realistic group conflict theory
limited resources lead to conflict between groups and result in increased prejudice and discrimination
in the Hovland and sears study, what happended as cotton decreased?
as cotton decreased, the number of lynchings increased because the farmers got frustrated, they took it out on African Americans.
what happened in the Robbers and Cave study?
wanted to introduce competition to to two groups of boys to see if it would produce prejudice sand discrimination = in the end they became friends
social identity theory
belonging to an INGROUP or an OUTGROUP (being a stfx student = ingroup)
explain the two step model of cognitive processing
It involves automatic and controlled processing.
Automatic: brings up the info (about stereotypes)
Controlled: chooses to give attention to it or ignore the info
what is a controversial assessment to test automatic prejudice?
the iat test. because, it measures differences and it’s inaccurate
whats a less controversial approach to test automatic prejudice?
Josh Correll’s study: Video game with white and black men holding threatening or non- threatening objects
does negative feedback activate negative stereotypes?
Yes, Sinclair & Kunda’s studies looked at white and black managers, male and females profs and managers.
Results showed that: positive feedback meant people would suppress negativity and negative feedback showed higher negativity towards black managers and mostly female managers and profs.
define subtyping
creating a different category of just stereotyped people that is odd from the whole group. (example: i am not racist i love michael b. jordan)
what was Kunda & Olsens study on subtyping about?
P’s were given a description of a gay man but only told half of the P’s that he was also a bank accountant.
The half that didn’t know the bank accountant part assumed he was more promiscuous and the half that did know assumed he was less promiscuous.
define stereotype threat
self-evaluative concern that one is at risk of confirming a negative stereotype.
what is an example of stereotype threat
a woman might hear” i heard women aren’t as smart as men” however, even though she disagrees with it, she might start to believe it.
superordinate g o a l
a goal that two groups want but can’t get without the help of each other
contact hypothesis
becoming friends with an outgroup member might make your ingroup like that outgroup more because they trust your judgement on good people
