Prejudice Flashcards
define: prejudice
negative attitudes against a particuar group
what is prejudice caused by?
stereotype
define:
an attitude about a group’s characteristic that we apply to most members of that group (ultimate attribution error)
define: adaptive conservatism
it is a selective advantage for organisms to form alliances with insiders and mistrust outsiders
define: in group
tendency to favour individuals inside our group relative to those outside our group
define: out group homogeneity
tendency to view all people outside our group as highly similar
define: discrimination
the action of treating members of outgroups different from members of ingroups
motivational theories of prejudice?
scapegoat hypothesis
just world hypothesis
conformity and obedience
individual differences (eg. authoritarianism personality trait)
cognitive theories:
schemas about the world might be wrong
learning theories of prejudice?
its learned
define: biopreparedness
natural fear of strangers who are different to us
define: contact hypothesis
as contact between groups increases, stereotypes and prejudices diminishes
