Prejudice Flashcards
prejudice
a pre-conceived opinion about a group of people based on stereotypes or irrational ideas
discrimination
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different catagories of people
Prejudice is an attitude. What 3 parts does it comprise of?
affect, behaviour and cognition
affect
feelings of dislike, hostility, fear, suspician
behaviour
insult, discrimination, avoidence, physical violence
cognition
knowledge based on stereotypes
what scale measured the manifestation of prejudice and discrimination in a society
Allport’s scale
how many stages of prejudice are in Allport’s scale and how are they ranked
5 stages
ranked by the increasing harm they produce
what are the 5 stages of discrimination - Allport’s scale
Anti-locution
Avoidance
Discrimination
Physical Attack
Extermination
Anti-locution
where a majority group freely makes jokes about a minority group
Avoidance
People in the majority group actively avoid members of the minority group
Discrimination
minority group is discriminated against by denying them opportunities and services
Physical Attack
majority group vandalise property of the minority group
physical harm is done to the minority group
Extermination
attempt by the majority group to liquidate the entire minority group
application of extermination in real life
holocaust
Allport (1954) - what are the 4 key conditions for the positive effects of intergroup contact to occur in contact situations
- equal status
- intergroup cooperation
- common goals
- support by social and institutional authorities
what did Allport suggest that contact between members of different groups can do
work to reduce prejudice and intergroup conflict
which can break down the misinformation which results in stereotypes
what experiment did Jane Elliott conduct
Blue eyes - brown eyes experiment
Blue eyes - Brown eyes experiment procedure
children divided into groups based on their eye colour
day 1 - blue eyes children told thy were superior than those with brown eyes, and they received special treatment, e.g. 5 extra minutes of recess
Day 2 - roles were reversed
how can Elliot’s study be applied to society
as a way to educate people about prejudice and reduce its prevalence in society
