Discrimination

Question 1

What is “discrimination?”

Answer 1

differential treatment and harmful ACTIONS against minorities

Question 2

What are the levels in which discrimination can occur?

Answer 2

1. at the individual level

2. at the institutional / organizational level

Question 3

What is an example of individual discrimination?

Answer 3

a professor not allowing women into his class

-this is ACTION on the part of the INDIVIDUAL against others

Question 4

What is an example of institutional discrimination?

Answer 4

Brown vs Board of Education:

black children were forced to go to separate schools of inferior quality

Question 5

What are the different types of institutional discrimination?

Answer 5

1. intentional

2. unintentional

Question 6

What is an example of intentional institutional discrimination?

Answer 6

the separate but equal laws

here there were codified mandates that kept prevented a certain race from having access to rights

Question 7

What is “side effect discrimination?”

Answer 7

the discrimination in one institution is DIRECTLY influencing the discrimination in another institution

Question 8

What is an example of “side effect discrimination?”

Answer 8

If you get involved in a crime and are labeled a criminal in some way (served jail time, probation, etc.), this record exists on your resumes. When applying for a job, your resume with the criminal record allows for the company to discriminate against you and make it much harder for you to find a job.

Question 9

What is “past-in-present discrimination?”

Answer 9

things from the past, even if no longer allowed, can have consequences for people in the present

Question 10

What is an example of “past-in-present” discrimination?

Answer 10

Gay marriage used to be illegal in the US. Even though it’s legal now, many gay individuals and couples still experience discrimination, commonly from other individuals and their workplace.

Question 11

What is stereotype threat?

Answer 11

a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group

Question 12

What’s an example of a stereotype threat?

Answer 12

telling a girl right before a math test that boys test better; as a result she performs poorly on her test

Question 13

What is stereotype boost?

Answer 13

positive stereotypes improve performance

Question 14

What is an example of stereotype boost?

Answer 14

telling an Asian prior to taking the SATs that Asians historically are excellent test takers - as a result, the girl gets her results back and scored in the 99th percentile

Question 15

A stereotype can also be thought of as ………

Answer 15

a cognition

Question 16

Prejudice can also be though of as………

Answer 16

an emotion

Question 17

Discrimination can also be thought of as……

Answer 17

a behavior

Question 18

What is the “self-fulfilling prophecy?”

Answer 18

because you believe a prediction must be inevitable and it actually comes true

Question 19

What is an example of the “self-fulfilling prophecy?”

Answer 19

teachers believe that disruptive students are not smart and won’t perform well academically

the students in question internalize this, don’t put forth the effort because they have already been labeled

at the end of the year, the disruptive students were at the bottom of the class standings