Chapter 9 Flashcards
A preconceived negative
judgment of a group and its
individual members
prejudice
Unjustified negative behavior
toward a group or its members
discrimination
A motivation to have one’s
group dominate other social
groups.
social dominance
orientation
A belief about the personal
attributes of a group of people.
stereotype
A personality that is disposed to
favor obedience to authority
and intolerance of outgroups
and those lower in status.
authoritarian personality
The theory that prejudices arises
from competition between
groups for scarce resources.
realistic group conflict
theory
The “we” aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer
to “Who am I?” that comes from
our group memberships
social identity
“Them”: a group that people
perceive as distinctively
different from or apart from
their ingroup.
outgroup
“Us”: a group of people who
share a sense of belonging, a
feeling of common identity
ingroup
The tendency to favor one’s
own group
ingroup bias
Perception of outgroup
members as more similar to
one another than are ingroup
members. Thus “they are alike;
we are diverse.”
outgroup homogeneity
effect
The tendency for people to
more accurately recognize
faces of their own race. (Also
called the cross-race effect or
other-race effect.)
own-race bias
Explaining away outgroup
members’ positive behaviors;
also attributing negative
behaviors to their dispositions
(while excusing such behavior
by one’s own group).
group-serving bias
The tendency of people to
believe that the world is just
and that people therefore get
what they deserve and deserve
what they get
just-world phenomenon
Accommodating individuals who
deviate from one’s stereotype
by thinking of them as
“exceptions to the rule.
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