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Ch.9: Prejudice Flashcards

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What is the nature of discrimination?

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It is an unjustified negative behavior towards a group/ members

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What is the nature of a stereotype?

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It is a generalization towards a group and its members

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What do Jussim, McCauley, and Lee (1995) say about stereotypes?

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That stereotypes may be positive or negative, and may be accurate or inaccurate.

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What is the nature of prejudice?

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It is a negative attitude of a group and it’s members

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Stereotypes are to __________ as prejudices are to __________.

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Stereotypes are beliefs as prejudices are to attitude.

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What is IAT?

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Implicit Association Test: measures participants reaction to an image along with a word. They need to respond quickly.

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When primed with a Black face rather than a White face, participants would often mistake a tool (such as a wrench) for a gun. This is representative of the existence of what?

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Of an automatic response

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What is Overt Prejudice?

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It is obvious behavioral expressions

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What is an example of overt prejudice?

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1958-2012, people had voted “no” to having a black president. This went from 30& to 5%, meaning that there was a decrease in discrimination.

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What is Subtle Prejudice?

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It is a subtle way of discriminatory behavioral expressions.

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What is an example of subtle prejudice?

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The M.I.T experiment provided resumes with a black and white name. The resumes with a white name received 15 call-backs, whereas the resumes with a black name received 10 call-backs.

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Social inequalities contribute to what?

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prejudice

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Social Sources of Prejudice

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What is a social dominance orientation?

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a need to have one’s group be dominant over other social groups.

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What is Authoritarian Personality?

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It is when ppl have respect towards authority, power, and status levels

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How does religion contribute to prejudice?

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Religion can ethier enhance or decrease prejudice. Artificial religion involvement increases prejudice V.S Devoted religion involvement decreases prejudice

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What do you call it when people prefer professions in politics and business, and support tax cuts for the wealth?

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Social dominance orientation

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Social Motivational Sources

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What is Social Identity Theory

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It is who ppl identify and connect with

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What is Ingroup?

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It involves the ‘self’ on groups individuals are a part of

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What is ingroup bias?

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When people make preferences or justifications towards their group and members.

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What happened in the art experiment with Klerk and Kandinsky artwork?

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Two groups were assigned to look at Klerks artwork, and Kandinsky artwork. Demonstrated a preference to their own group, to essentially win money

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What is outgroup?

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ppl that are not part of your group and who you dont connect with.

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When is outgroup bias stronger?

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it is strongest when people are with other ingroup members.

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Cognitive Sources of Prejudice

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What is the Outgroup homogeneity effect?

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It is when ppl have the mindset of ‘they are similar, we are alike.’

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What is to have own-race-bias?

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when ppl have the tendency to depict facial characteristics of their own race.

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What is the just-world-phenomenon

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it is when ppl have the mindset of, ‘ people get what they deserve, and deserve what they get.’

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Maintaining Prejudice

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What is subtyping?

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It is when ppl maintain a certain stereotype and make exceptions.

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What is subgrouping?

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It is when ppl create a new set of subgroup within their group to make exceptions.

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What is a stereotype threat?

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It is when ppl believe they will be judged based on their stereotype, and underperform in their tasks.

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