Chapter 12 - Prejudice Flashcards
Mutual interdependence
A situation in which two or more groups need each other and must depend on each other to accomplish a goal that is important to both groups
Ultimate attribution error
Our tendency to make dispositional attributions about an entire group of people
Stereotype
A generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members
Injunctification
A motivated tendency to see the status quo (the ways things are) as the most desirable state of affairs (the way things should be)
Modern racism
Outwardly acting unprejudiced while inwardly maintaining prejudiced attitudes
Discrimination
Unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group simply because of his or her membership in that group
Jigsaw classroom
A classroom setting designed to reduce prejudice between 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 and do well in the class
Stereotype threat
The apprehension experienced by members of a minority group that they might behave in a manner that confirms an existing cultural stereotype
Meta-stereotype
A person’s beliefs regarding the stereotype that out-group members hold about their own group
Prejudice
A hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group, based solely on their membership in that group
Realistic conflict theory
The theory that limited resources lead to conflict among groups and result in increased prejudice and discrimination
In-group bias
The tendency to evaluate in-group members more positively than out-group members
Extended contact hypothesis
The mere knowledge that a member of one’s own group has a close relationship with a member of another group can reduce one’s prejudice toward that group
