Prejudice

Question 1

Causes of prejudice

Answer 1

-Holocaust inspired the research
-Anti-seminism(hostility against jews), during 2nd world war majority German population were prejudice against jews

Question 2

Who proposed Social Identity theory

Answer 2

Tajfel + Turner (1976)

Question 3

What are the 2 classified groups from SIT

Answer 3

-in-group - have membership
-out-group-group which don’t have membership

Question 4

Group membership importance

Answer 4

Believed group membership, even in absence of competition can cause prejudice

Question 5

Personal + social identities SIT

Answer 5

-Humans strive to achieve positive self-image + look good in others eyes. Self-image forms an individuals personal identity (our own unique qualities, personality + self-esteem
-Humans also distinguish themselves to certain social groups:known as social identity (attributes of the group to which we belong) because individual identifies themselves by their membership (social identification), their personal identity is bound up with their social identity
-e.g.- football team supporter, if their team loses several matches, lowered social identity therefore negative on personal identities

Question 6

Social comparison SIT

Answer 6

To reconcile a negative social identity + elevate personal identity, positive attributes of in-group need to be raised. Done by defining unique characteristics of in-group + emphasising them, while also somparifn + derogating qualities of out-group
Achieved by 2 processes:in-group favouritism (seeing our own group + members in a positive light + as unique) + negative out-group bias (seeing members of a different group as all the same + in a negative light)

Question 7

What does heterogeneous SIT

Answer 7

Diversity within a group or sample

Question 8

What does homogeneous mean SIT

Answer 8

When samples are more alike than different