E3: Prejudice

Question 1

prejudice

Answer 1

hostile or negative attitude towards people in a distinguishable group based solely or patly on their membership to that group

Question 2

How is prejudice an attitude

Answer 2

Because it has the three necessary components of an attitude: feelings, thoughts, and behaviors

Question 3

Affective component of prejudice (emotions)

Answer 3

our stereotypes are based on our perception of two different things in people
-warmth
-competence

Question 4

cognitive component of prejudice (thoughts)

Answer 4

stereotypes: generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of a group regardless of actual variation among members

Question 5

Why do we have stereotypes and what is their impact

Answer 5

we have stereotypes because in a complex world, it helps to conserve our cognitive time and energy but the result is that it legitimizes our discrimantory behavior

Question 6

Behavioral component of prejudice

Answer 6

discrimination: unjustified negative/harmful actions toward a member of a group solely because of their membership to that group

Question 7

how does prejudice turn into discrimination

Answer 7

the sets of beliefs and emotions we have play a role in our decision making

-especially when someone is scared or angry they are going to rely on their preset notions

Question 8

explicit prejudice

Answer 8

outward and conscious

Question 9

implicit prejudice

Answer 9

non conscious and indirect

Question 10

why are people prejudiced (biology and personality?)

Answer 10

neither biology nor personality fully explain the reason for prejudice.
-people are not born biologically being prejudice

-authoritarian personalities may mean a higher likelihood of being prejudiced, however anyone with any personality type can be prejudiced