Prejudice Flashcards

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Components of Group Antagonism

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Affective: Prejudice
Behavioural: Discrimination
Cognitive: Stereotype

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Why do people form and use stereotype

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Schemas

  • remembering
  • encoding
  • attention

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3
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is stereotyping absent if members of different groups are rated the same?

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shifting standards: judgements are influenced by relative comparisons

objective scales
subjective scales

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4
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consequences of stereotyping

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  1. we can be victims of stereotyping and not even recognise it
  2. people perform poorly
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5
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theories about prejudice

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  1. social learning theory (Bandura)
  2. motivational perspectives
  3. cognitive perspectives
  4. social identity perspectives
    - self-esteem is defined form group
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6
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origin of prejudice

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PERCEIVED THREAT

  1. symbolic
  2. materialistic
    - zero-sum outcome
    - realistic conflict theory
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social identity: mental processes involved

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  1. social categorization (schemas)
  2. social identification
  3. social comparison
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definition of social identity

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Social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership

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9
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definition of minimal intergroup situation

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any situation involving contact between two or more minimal groups

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10
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social identity theory to explain prejudice

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explains ingroup favoritism

to maintain self-esteem

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how to maintain social identity?

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  • minimal intergroup situation
  • in-group favoritism effect
  • group-serving bias
  • out-group homogeneity effect
  • assumed similarity effect
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12
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contact hypothesis

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increasing contact between different groups can reduce prejudice

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13
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how to reduce prejudice?

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  1. contact hypothesis
  2. recategorization
    - superordinate goals
    - cross-cutting category
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14
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how in inequality perceived differently by different groups

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depends on whether it is the experiencer or perpetrator

from perpetrator pov:

  • people are risk averse;
  • any potential changes are seen as a “loss”
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15
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bias-ness in our beliefs about inequality

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because we live in a relatively segregated environment, our judgments are based on our own environment

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16
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glass ceiling

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a barrier that prevents women from obtaining high-status jobs

17
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glass cliff effect

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women are more likely to receive high-status jobs during periods of crisis

18
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zero sum outcome

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if one gains, the other one loses