Chapter 6: Causes And Cures Of Stereotyping Prejudice And Discrimination Flashcards
6.1 examine how inequality is perceived by different groups 6.2 evaluate how people form and use stereotypes 6.3 recall the factors leading to prejudice against specific groups 6.4 explain how subtle forms of discrimination are the manifestations of prejudice. 6.5 outline ways of reducing prejudice.
What is prejudice?
Prejudice is considered an attitude component or the feelings we have about a particular group. It is negative emotional responses or dislike based on group membership.
How can prejudice and discriminatory treatment be perceived as?
It can be blatant or subtle.
What is discrimination?
Discrimination concerns the behavioural component or differential actions taken towards members of specific social groups.It is differential treatment based on group membership.
What is stereotyping?
It’s the beliefs about what members of a social group are like and consider how it’s related to discrimination.
What are stereotypes?
The cognitive components of attitudes toward a social group specifically beliefs about what a particular group is like.
Are resistant to change but they are revised as the relations between groups are altered.
What are gender stereotypes?
They are beliefs concerning the characteristics of both men and women consisting of both positive and negative traits.
What is meant by the “glass ceiling” effect?
It is a final barrier that prevents women as a group from reaching top position in the workplace.
It’s when qualified women have disproportionate difficulty attaining high level positions.
What is tokenism?
It is where only a few members of a previously disadvantaged or excluded group are admitted and can be a very effective strategy for dettering collective protest in disadvantaged groups.
The hiring or acceptance of only a few members of a particular group to maintain perceptions that the system isn’t discriminatory and it can harm how tokens are perceived by others.
What are objective scales?
They are standards that remain the same no matter who they are applied to.
What is subjective scales?
They are standards that can take on different meanings depending on who they are applied to.
What is Singlism?
It is the negative stereotyping and discrimination that’s directed toward people who are single?
What are schemas?
They are cognitive frameworks for organising interpreting and recalling information.
What is meant by risk averse?
The occurrence of potential losses having greater psychological impact than potential gains.
What is the “glass cliff” effect?
It’s when women are more likely to be appointed to leadership positions following a crisis and when there is greater risk of failure.
What is the social identity theory?
States that prejudice is derived from our tendency to divide the world into us and them and to view our own group more favourably than other outgroups.
