Prejudice Flashcards
What is prejudice
Prejudice is attitude/opinions on certain group / individuals
To pre judge people or groups based on stereotypes
How you feel about something : affect
what do about it : behaviour
and which know about it : cognition
Step one knowlege based on stereotypes
step 2 feelings of dislike hostility fear suspicion
and step 3 insult discrimination avoidance physical attack on others
What is discrimination
Discrimination is acting upon Prejudice
Behold allport’s five possible stages of discrimination:
1: anti-locution: hate speech on other people, this affects your self-esteem
2: Avoidance: avoid members of another group, may involve exclusion or isolation
3: Discrimination: denying the group opportunities, goods or services with the intention to harm the group, by stopping them from achieving their goals
4: physical attack : hate crimes
5: extermination: genocide, Wars created, getting rid of the group for good
What is a stereotype
A stereotype is a popular belief based on schema for example all Germans are Nazis