Ch 13 Prejudice Flashcards
A hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group based solely on their membership in that group; it contains cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components
Prejudice
A generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members
Stereotype
Unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group simply because of his or her membership in that group
Discrimination
A test thought to measure unconscious (implicit) prejudices according to the speed with which people can pair a target face (e.g., black or white, old or young, Asian or white) with a positive or negative association (e.g., the words honest or evil)
Implicit Association Test (IAT)
An expectation of one’s own or another person’s behavior that comes true because of the tendency of the person holding it to act in ways that bring it about
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The apprehension experienced by members of a group that their behavior might confirm a cultural stereotype
Stereotype Threat
The tendency to go along with the group in order to fulfill the group’s expectations and gain acceptance
Normative Conformity
The part of a person’s self-concept that is based on his or her identification with a nation, religious or political group, occupation, or other social affiliation
Social Identity
The belief that one’s own ethnic group, nation, or religion is superior to all others
Ethnocentrism
The tendency to favor members of one’s own group and give them special preference over people who belong to other groups; the group can be temporary and trivial as well as significant
In-Group Bias
The perception that individuals in the out-group are more similar to each other (homogeneous) than they really are, as well as more similar than the members of the in-group are
Out-Group Homogeneity
The tendency to blame individuals (make dispositional attributions) for their victimization, typically motivated by a desire to see the world as a fair place
Blaming the Victim
The idea that limited resources lead to conflict between groups and result in increased prejudice and discrimination
Realistic Conflict Theory
The situation that exists when two or more groups need to depend on one another to accomplish a goal that is important to each of them
Interdependence
A classroom setting designed to reduce prejudice and raise the self-esteem of children by placing them in small, desegregated groups and making each child dependent on the other children in the group to learn the course material
Jigsaw Classroom
