Chapter 9 Flashcards
Prejudice
preconceived negative judgement of a group and its individual members
Stereotype
belief about the personal attributes of a group of people
Discrimination
unjustified negative behavior toward a group or its members
Racism
an individual’s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior based on race
Sexism
an individual’s prejudicial attitudes based on sex
Social Dominance Orientation
a motivation to have one’s group dominate other social groups
Ethnocentric
believing in the superiority of one’s own ethnic and cultural group (and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups)
Authoritarian Personality
a personality that is disposed to favor disobedience
Realistic Group Conflict Theory
prejudice arises from competition between groups for scarce resources
Social Identity
the “we” aspect of our self-concept, the part of our answer to “who am I” that comes from our group memberships
In-Group
a group of people who share a sense of belonging/common identity
Out-group
a group that people perceive as distinctively different from their group
In-Group Bias
the tendency to favor one’s own group
Terror Management
people’s self protective emotional and cognitive responses when confronted with reminders of their mortality
Out-Group Homogeneity effect
perception of outgroup members as more similar to one another than are ingroup members
Own-Race Bias
tendency for people to more accurately recognize faces of their own race
Stigma Consciousness
a person’s expectation of being victimized by prejudice or discrimination
Group-Serving Bias
explaining away outgroup members’ positive behaviors and attributing negative behaviors to their disposition
Just-World Phenomenon
tendency of people to believe that the world is just (people get what they deserve and deserve what they get)
Subtyping
accommodating individuals who deviate from one’s stereotype by thinking of them as “exceptions to the rule”
Subgrouping
accommodating individuals who deviate from one’s stereotype by forming a new stereotype about this subset of the group
Stereotype Threat
disruptive concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
