Prejudice and discrimination 4.1 Flashcards
Prejudice
A prejudgement - an unjustifiable, usually negative attitude toward a group and its members
Stereotypes
A generalized belief about a group of people; sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized
3 types of stereotypes
- Public
- Private
- Implicit/subtle
Implicit/subtle prejudice
Unconscious mental associations guide our judgements and actions without our conscious awareness; uses priming
Discrimination
In social relations, taking action against a group of people because of stereotyped beliefs and feelings of prejudice
Microaggressions
An instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination
Just-world bias
A tendency to believe that life is fair, that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get
Blaming the victim
We explain others’ misfortunes as being their fault
In-group bias
The tendency to favor one’s group, usually at the expense of the outgroup
Ethnocentrism
Belief that one’s own culture or ethnic group is superior to others
Scapegoat Theory
When things go wrong, prejudice provides an outlet for anger by simplifying the issue and providing someone to blame
Schadenfreude
Secret joy we take in another’s faliure
Out-group homogeneity effect
We tend to see members of the out-group as much more similar to one another, even in areas that have little to do with the criteria for group membership
Other-race effect
Tendency for us to recall the faces of our race more accurately than faces from other races
Patricia Devine’s 3-step process to individual prejudice reduction
- Individuals must DECIDE that prejudiced responses are wrong and consciously reject prejudice and stereotypes thinking
- They must INTERNALIZE their nonprejudiced beliefs so that they become an integral part of their personal self-concept
- Individuals must LEARN to inhibit automatic prejudicial reactions and deliberately replace them with nonprejudiced responses that are based on their personal standards
