Modules 43-44.2 Flashcards
attitudes
positive or negative feelings influenced by beliefs that predispose us to respond in certain ways to people, events and objects
Affective judgement
prejudice, how do we feel about this person
Behavior
discrimination, how do we behave towards this person
Cognitive generalization/categorization
stereotypes, what do we expect from this person
what groups does this person belong to
schema formation
the tendency to group similar things together
out-group homogeneity effect
tendency to perceive more variability among in-groups than in out-groups
why does bias not apply to our own groups
we have more opportunities to learn about individual differences with our own group
cross-race effect
we have difficulty recognizing faces from another race.
Ingroup-bias
tendency to favor our own group
social identity theory
we want to be members of the best group in order to boost our self esteem
Fundamental Attribution error
we tend to underestimate the role of the situation and overestimate the role of personal factors in explaining other peoples behavior. Ex: someone spills tray, calls clumsy. when you spill it, it was because the floor is uneven.
situational influence
me
dispositional influence
not me
subtyping
we can label people who aren’t consistent with stereotypes as expectations
Self fulfilling prohecies
you have an expectation about what another person is like. Influences how you act towards that person
