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chap12 prejudice Flashcards

1
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3 components of prejudice

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1 affect
2 cognitive
3 behavrioral

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what’s the affective component?

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emotional rxn based on alues, irrational

fuel for PREJUDICE

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what’s prejudice

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

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what’s the cognitive component?

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thoughts + beliefs

faulty cognition can lead to STEREOTYPES

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whats a stereotype

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

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eg of gender stereotyping in work

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job ads for male dominated areas contain more stereotypically masculine words

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male vs female name attached to same resume

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males evaluated more favourably

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salary male vs female?

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males much higher

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whats the behavioural component of prejudice?

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discrimination

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whats discrimination

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unjustified neg harmful action toward smne bc of their group membership

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whats modern racism

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

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how is modern racism tested

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implicit association test

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causes of prejudice?

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

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

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consequence of social categorization

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in-group bias

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whats in group bias

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evaluate innies better than outies,

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

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mos def, denigrate outties

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how does choosing group influence in-group bias?

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incr discrimination towards outties

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theory behind in-group bias?

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

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theory behind in-group bias?

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

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how do threats to identity influence in-group behav?

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more protective of innies

22
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what increases liklihood of discriminating outies

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

23
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how to activate stereotypes?

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

24
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study on activating stereotypes: confederate makes racist slur towards black debater…

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lowered eval of black’s debating skills

25
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how does making a derogatory remark trigger stereotyping?

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triggers neg preconceptions

26
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what is the activation of stereotypes influenced by?

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automatic
&
controlled processes

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whatre automatic processes

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inevitably triggered stereotypes under certain conditions

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what r controlled processes

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conscious decision to suppress stereotype - unprejudiced view will override automatic

29
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when will automatically triggered stereotype prevail?

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when distracted

30
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factors that influence automatic activation of stereotypes? ie what can reduce stereotyping?

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1 motivation to control prejudice

2 need to feel good bout ourselves ie to suit our needs - salvage self esteem

31
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if u have high motivation to control prejudice…

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less likely to show automatic neg stigma

32
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level of prejudice depends on…

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stereotypes &

metastereotypes

33
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what r metastereotypes

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how innie perceives outie’s peronal stereotype of innie

how we perceive their stereotype of us

34
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how does mood/emotions affect degree of prejudice?

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

35
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the way we assign meaning: attributional biases,

define the ultimate attribution error

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

36
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prejudice & economic competition: realistic conflict theory

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

37
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how to reduce prejud n conflict of realistic conflict theory?

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mutual interdependence

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mutual interdependnce

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groups depend on each other to accomplish common goal

39
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pressure to conform: normative rules -

institutional discrimination

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

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normative conformity

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strong tend to conform to gain acceptance

41
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injunctification

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motivtion to see status quo as desirable

42
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pple in following dimensions r more likely to hold neg attitudes towards outties

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right wing authoritarianism

religious fundamentalism

social dominance orientation

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right wing authoritarianism

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high degree of submission/conformity to rules by authority

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religious fundamentalism

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

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social dominance orientaion

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groups inherently unequal -

acceptable to treat others poorly to get ahead

46
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stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination in self fulfilling prophecy

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

47
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stereotype threat

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

48
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solns to overcome stereotype threat

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focus on + abilities

remember abilities r maleable

selfaffirmation

49
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intervention to reduce prejudice n discrimination: contact hypotheisi

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mix members of diff groups under certain conditions

50
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all conditions that must be met for contact hypothesis to work

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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

51
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an application of contact hypothesis

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jigsaw classroom

desegregates, make dependent on each other for sucess

52
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extended contact hypothesis

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

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