factors affecting prejudice

Question 1

what are the two types of factors affecting prejudice

Answer 1

personality (individual differences)

situational

Question 2

what are the situational factors

Answer 2

social norms
social threat
conflict
in and out groups

Question 3

what are social norms

Answer 3

changing social norms which may lead to prejudice

Question 4

what is social threat

Answer 4

links to RCT threat may be perceived such as threat of lack of jobs or threat over invasion for land

Question 5

what is conflict

Answer 5

RCT suggests that when there is competitions over scarce resources conflict will occur
eg Sherif

Question 6

what are in and out groups

Answer 6

suggests when there are two groups prejudice will occur

Question 7

what are individual differences affecting prejudice

Answer 7

personality (authoritarian)
personality (right wing authoritarian)
culture

Question 8

describe authoritarian personality

Answer 8

hostility towards people they see as inferior to themselves based on strict and unaffectionate parenting. project anger onto others
ADORNO found more likely to be prejudice especially to low status groups suggests prejudice is innate

Question 9

describe right wing authoritarian

Answer 9

links to political focus. refers to someone who has rigid thinking and likes society to have rules to adhere to. punish those who don’t follow the rules
ALTEMEYER found that right wing authoritarianism does correlate
COHRS also fond a correlations and supports adorno who suggests there is a relationship between personality and prejudice

Question 10

describe culture

Answer 10

if that culture has existing norms which legitimise prejudiced practise. we can see this by looking at national stereotypes
KATZ AND BRALY found that a majority of american students classified african americans as ignorant and jews as shrewd
GUIMOND cultures where there is multiculturalism show less prejudice