Discimination and Prejudice

Question 1

Prejudice?

Answer 1

Negative feeling towards a memeber of a group because of their membership (example prejudice towards Eastern Europeans)

Question 2

Stereotype?

Answer 2

Fixed, over-generalised belief about another group of people

Question 3

Discrimination?

Answer 3

Actions taken which have a negative impact on an individual or a group

Question 4

Traditional discrimination

Answer 4

Begins with traditional prejudice and discrimination that is consciously aknoledged and openly expressed by an individual and/or supported by a governmental law

Question 5

Modern prejudice - Migroagressions

Answer 5

Daily verbal. behavioural or enviornmental abuse intentional or not expressing negativism towards a minority

Question 6

Internalised Racism

Answer 6

Clark & Clark, 1947 - black children prefer to play with white dolls (and white dolls were preferred by both white and balck children)

Question 7

Social Identity Theory

Answer 7

Argues that we have a social and personal identity. Social identity stems from group membership. We gain self-esteem from group membership

Question 8

Motivational approach

Answer 8

When our self-esteem is low, we restore through lifting up the groups we belong to and treat badly the groups we don’t belong to

Question 9

Socio-cognitive approach

Answer 9

(Fiske & Taylor, 1991) - we rely on heuristics(learning something by yourself) - mental short cuts to navigate the world

Categorisation - saves mental effort and reduces cognitive load but not always accurate

Question 10

Consequences of cognitive classification

Answer 10

Out-group homogeneity effect (thinking your in-group is diverse and out-groups’ members are all the same)

Illusory correlations (connecting two events when there’s no correlation)