Intergroup Relations Chapter 11 MCQ Flashcards

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Sterotype

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A simplified but widely shared belief about a characteristic of a group and its members

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Prejudice

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A negative, affective prejudgement about a group and its individual members

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Discimination

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Negative treatment of a group member simply because of their group membership

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Illusory correlation bias

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An exaggerated perception of a correlatio between two variables. In intergroup relations, the perception that a behaviour is more frequenctly displayed by a minority than a majority group, when the behaviour is displayed equally by both groups, in proportional terms

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Dogmatism

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The tendency for people to be able to tolerate mutually inconsistent beliefs by isolating them from each other in memory

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Personal need for structure (PNS)

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A persons preference for structure and clarity in most situations, and level of annoyance experienced by ambiguity

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Authoritarianism

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A form of social organisation characterized by preference for, and submission to, authority

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Right-wing authoritarianism

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An individual differences variables characterized by authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression and conventionalism

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Social dominance orientation

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An individual differences variable that measures peoples preferences for hierarchy within any social system

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Ethnocentrism

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Preference for ones own group, and features of ones own group, over others

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Contact hypothesis

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Theory of prejudice reduction, which proposes that prejudice and conflict between groups can be reduced by bringing them together

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Superordinate goal

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A goal that two (or more) groups can aspire to but that can only be achieved by working together in cooperation

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13
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Minimal group paradigm

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Experimental manipulation that tests the effects of mere categorisation on behaviour

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14
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Sexism

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Beliefs about differences between men and women, the roles they perform, and beliefs concerning the appropriateness of these differences

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Hostile sexism

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Traditionally sexist view of women that is characterised by the belief they they pose a threat to mens position

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Benevolent sexiam

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Apparently positive view of women in which they are seen as necessary for mens happiness, superior in a number of ways

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Ambivalent sexism

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Reconceptualisation of sexism to take into account the fact that sexism can include both positive and negative atittudes at the same time

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Social creativity

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Preserving a positive self-image by identifying and giving weight to dimensions on which they are superior to the high status groups

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Objectification

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The view of women as being represented by their bodies

20
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Moral credentialising

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Demonstrating ones credentials (to be not prejudice), often means that people will express more prejudice

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Modern racism

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Subtle and less aggressive form of prejudice based on race

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Ageism

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Prejudice attitudes about a person or group because of their age

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Spontaneous trait inference

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People sometimes spontaneously infer others traits from their behaviour without intending to or being aware

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Intergroup anxiety model

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Model arguing that people expect negative outcomes when they interact with or anticipate interaction with outgroups

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Stereotype threat

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Fear of being judges in terms of a stereotype and negatively fulfilling the stereotype. Stereotype threat leads to poorer performance on a task

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Stereotype lift

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The reverse of stereotype threat. Fulfilling a positive stereotype leads to enhanced performance