chap12 prejudice

Question 1

3 components of prejudice

Answer 1

1 affect
2 cognitive
3 behavrioral

Question 2

what’s the affective component?

Answer 2

emotional rxn based on alues, irrational

fuel for PREJUDICE

Question 3

what’s prejudice

Answer 3

hostile neg attitude towards a disintuishable group based solely on their membership/ affiliation

Question 4

what’s the cognitive component?

Answer 4

thoughts + beliefs

faulty cognition can lead to STEREOTYPES

Question 5

whats a stereotype

Answer 5

generalization /simplification bout group w identical characteristic assigned to all members regardless of variation - blinds from distinguishing

Question 6

eg of gender stereotyping in work

Answer 6

job ads for male dominated areas contain more stereotypically masculine words

Question 7

male vs female name attached to same resume

Answer 7

males evaluated more favourably

Question 8

salary male vs female?

Answer 8

males much higher

Question 9

whats the behavioural component of prejudice?

Answer 9

discrimination

Question 10

whats discrimination

Answer 10

unjustified neg harmful action toward smne bc of their group membership

Question 11

whats modern racism

Answer 11

outwardly (explicit) act unprejudiced but (implicit)inward maintanance of prej
ie explicitly unprej while implicitly prejudiced

Question 12

how is modern racism tested

Answer 12

implicit association test

Question 13

causes of prejudice?

Answer 13

1 social categorization
2 stereotypes 
3 Affect + mood
4 Attributional biases
5 realistic conflict theory
6 normative rules

Question 14

social categorization : way we think

Answer 14

we make sense of social world by grouping - schemas, past knowledge help to deal w new

Question 15

consequence of social categorization

Answer 15

in-group bias

Question 16

whats in group bias

Answer 16

evaluate innies better than outies,

Question 17

what if randomly assigned groups? in-group bias still?

Answer 17

mos def, denigrate outties

Question 18

how does choosing group influence in-group bias?

Answer 18

incr discrimination towards outties

Question 19

theory behind in-group bias?

Answer 19

gives us social identity which contributes to self esteem. self concept based on social affiliation

Question 20

theory behind in-group bias?

Answer 20

gives us social identity which contributes to self esteem. self concept based on social affiliation

Question 21

how do threats to identity influence in-group behav?

Answer 21

more protective of innies

Question 22

what increases liklihood of discriminating outies

Answer 22

stronger identification w innies - membership affects memory recal n stronger feelings of us vs them

Question 23

how to activate stereotypes?

Answer 23

1 hear smne make neg remark bout outie
or
2 observe neg action by one of outies

Question 24

study on activating stereotypes: confederate makes racist slur towards black debater…

Answer 24

lowered eval of black’s debating skills

Question 25

how does making a derogatory remark trigger stereotyping?

Answer 25

triggers neg preconceptions

Question 26

what is the activation of stereotypes influenced by?

Answer 26

automatic & controlled processes

Question 27

whatre automatic processes

Answer 27

inevitably triggered stereotypes under certain conditions

Question 28

what r controlled processes

Answer 28

conscious decision to suppress stereotype - unprejudiced view will override automatic

Question 29

when will automatically triggered stereotype prevail?

Answer 29

when distracted

Question 30

factors that influence automatic activation of stereotypes? ie what can reduce stereotyping?

Answer 30

1 motivation to control prejudice 2 need to feel good bout ourselves ie to suit our needs - salvage self esteem

Question 31

if u have high motivation to control prejudice...

Answer 31

less likely to show automatic neg stigma

Question 32

level of prejudice depends on...

Answer 32

stereotypes & metastereotypes

Question 33

what r metastereotypes

Answer 33

how innie perceives outie's peronal stereotype of innie how we perceive their stereotype of us

Question 34

how does mood/emotions affect degree of prejudice?

Answer 34

the more u EXPECT to feel neg towards a group - the greater the prejudice towards them

Question 35

the way we assign meaning: attributional biases, | define the ultimate attribution error

Answer 35

tend to make dispositional/innate attributions in poor outcomes, situtional for success

Question 36

prejudice & economic competition: realistic conflict theory

Answer 36

limited rsrcs leads to conflict leads to prejud n discrimination wherein innies feel more threatened by outies incr in prejud, violence, discrimination

Question 37

how to reduce prejud n conflict of realistic conflict theory?

Answer 37

mutual interdependence

Question 38

mutual interdependnce

Answer 38

groups depend on each other to accomplish common goal

Question 39

pressure to conform: normative rules - | institutional discrimination

Answer 39

legal or illegal discrimination against minority by virtue of any target societal prejudice

Question 40

normative conformity

Answer 40

strong tend to conform to gain acceptance

Question 41

injunctification

Answer 41

motivtion to see status quo as desirable

Question 42

pple in following dimensions r more likely to hold neg attitudes towards outties

Answer 42

right wing authoritarianism religious fundamentalism social dominance orientation

Question 43

right wing authoritarianism

Answer 43

high degree of submission/conformity to rules by authority

Question 44

religious fundamentalism

Answer 44

strong belief in absolute LITERAL truth of religion - they r right and whoever tries to undermine that is evil

Question 45

social dominance orientaion

Answer 45

groups inherently unequal - acceptable to treat others poorly to get ahead

Question 46

stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination in self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 46

majority mistreats minority - the disadvantaged unlikely to perform well which confirms majority's neg stereotype -> perpetuate discrination

Question 47

stereotype threat

Answer 47

apprehension experienced by minority that they might behave in a way that confirms a cultural stereotype - can make nervous and impair ability to perform

Question 48

solns to overcome stereotype threat

Answer 48

focus on + abilities remember abilities r maleable selfaffirmation

Question 49

intervention to reduce prejudice n discrimination: contact hypotheisi

Answer 49

mix members of diff groups under certain conditions

Question 50

all conditions that must be met for contact hypothesis to work

Answer 50

1 mutual interdepnednce 2 common goal 3 equal status 4 friendly informal setting to promote understanding 5 contact w multiple members 6 social norms that promote equality

Question 51

an application of contact hypothesis

Answer 51

jigsaw classroom desegregates, make dependent on each other for sucess

Question 52

extended contact hypothesis

Answer 52

if ur innie homie is close w outtie then reduces prejudice towards outtie