Prejudice Flashcards
Sherif’s Realistic Conflict Theory
Causes of prejudice
IN GROUP vs OUT GROUP
COMPETITION over limited resources
Reduce prejudice
Superordinate goals force collaboration
Tajfel’s Social Identity Theory
1) Categorisation
out group/ in group
2) Identification
in group through behaviour
3) Comparison
in group solidarity so out group hostility
compare favourably w. out group
Factors Affecting Prejudice
Personality- ETHNOCENTRISM
Anti- Semitism Scale
Ethnocentrism Scale
Factors Affecting Prejudice
Personality- Conservatism
Conservatism scale
Factors Affecting Prejudice
Personality- Anti-Democratic
Fascism Scale
Factors Affecting Prejudice
Personality- CULTURE
It is hard to establish whether one culture is particularly prejudice as social norms, laws and events aren’t static.
AO3- Katz & Braly (1933)- Princeton Uni National stereotypes
AO3- Karlins et al (1969)- replicated Katz & Braly