Chapter 13 Terms Flashcards
Prejudice
Prejudiced attitudes toward a particular race.
Aversive Racism
Simultaneously holding egalitarian values and negative feelings toward people of other races.
Discrimination
Unequal treatment of different people based on the groups or categories to which they belong.
Stereotypes
Beliefs that associate groups of people with certain traits.
Subtypes
Categories that people use for individuals who do not fit a general stereotype.
Categorization
The natural tendency of humans to sort objects into groups
Social Categorization
The process of sorting people into groups on the basis of the characteristics they have in common (e.g., race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation).
Outgroup Members
People who belong to a different group or category than we do.
Ingroup Members
People who belong to the same group or category as we do.
Outgroup Homogeneity Bias
The assumption that outgroup members are more similar to one another than ingroup members are to one another.
Stigma by Association
Rejection of those who associate with stigmatized others.
Homophobia
An excessive fear of homosexuals and homosexual behavior.
Ingroup Favoritism
Preferential treatment of, or more favorable attitudes toward, people in one’s own group.
Minimal Group Effort
The finding that people show favoritism toward ingroup members even when group membership is randomly determined.
Realistic Conflict Theory
The idea that competition over scarce resources leads to intergroup hostility and conflict.
