factors affecting prejudice Flashcards
is personality an individual difference or developmental
individual difference
how does personality affect prejudice and evaluate
social dominance orientation- someone who sees society as heirachial with themselves in a position of dominance
+ kessler and mummendey - studies show link between a non-belief in political equality and social attitudes like sexisim and racism
authoritarian personality - adorno, people with a harsh upbringing project anger and aggression on others
- any explanation that focuses on individuals is reductionist and the social nature of prejudice requires explanation that looks at ingroup or outgroup behaviour
right wing authoritarianism - predict prejudice and discrimination as a correlation has been found, someon who has rigid thinking and likes rules, obey authority and punish anyone who doesnt , prefer everyone to agree than have to force
+ cohrs et al- correlation study into 5 big personality dimensions, RWA, SDO and prejudice, REW and SDO correlated
how does situation affect prejudice and evaluate
social norms- unwritten rules on what is socially acceptable and desirable, a part of social identity is that people follow the norms to avoid rejection, cantril suggested group identity is centeral to formation of prejudice attitudes
RCT highlighted the importance of competition, when groups are in compettion for limited resources this results in prejudice
contact hypothesis by Allport said that different groups have contact with one another can reduce prejudice and discrimination, learn more about each other
+Akrimi et al manimpulated social norms, pts heard ‘discrimination of women is no longer a problem in sweden’ and sexism reduced, pts read short article predicting a bleak social and economic future for sweden and expressed more prejudice attitudes
- personalitiy variables RWA and SDO had an influence, situational factors and individual differences
is culture and individual difference or developmental
developmental
how does culture affect prejudice and evaluate
adorno- society provides content of attitudes and prejudice and definition of the outgroups
baldwin- cultures are ethnocentric and believe they are superior, some cultures the norm is to be accepting to diversity, some cultures prejudice can be accepted and encouraged
+ kat and braly found american students classified african americans as superstitious and ignorant
- Karlins et al 20 years later found that national sterotypes change
+ guimon et al looked at germany UK US and Canada, hypothesised that multiculturalism would show less prejudice and pro diversity
+ anti muslim attitudes reduced in countries with pro diversity
+ orpen found f scale scores didnt correlate with prejudice in white south africans
- conducted on 16 year olds who have stronger desire to fit into social groups
