prejudice and discrimination

Question 1

stereotype

Answer 1

= widely shared beliefs about attributes that are thought to be characteristics of members of a group (can either be positive or negative)

Question 2

prejudice

Answer 2

= negative attitude, response or evaluation towards any or about a certain group (prejudgement)

Question 3

discrimination

Answer 3

= active negative or disadvantaging behaviour against a certain group which is based on prejudice

Question 4

three component model

–> how attitudes/ prejudice are formed

Answer 4

Cognitive (beliefs about the attitude object)
Affective (strong feelings (usually negative) about the attitudes object)
Conative/behavior (intentions to behave/ act in a certain way towards the attitude object)
–> these components form an attitude that lead to a specific behavior

Question 5

targets of prejudice and discrimination:
Sexism

1. sex-roles
2. gender-stereotypes
3. faceism
4. Glass ceiling
5. Glass cliff
6. Backlash

Answer 5

= prejudice/ discrimination against people based on their gender

1. = gender roles in society, e.g work
2. = different attribution of gender
3. = media focus of male face, female body
4. minorities and women are underrepresented in leadership positions
5. women are appointed to leadership positions that have a high probability of failure, criticism
6. negative perception of people who don’t confirm to their gender-roles/ stereotypes

Question 6

targets of prejudice and discrimination:
Racism

1. Explicit /blatant racism
2. Modern racism

Answer 6

= prejudice and discrimination against people based on their ethnicity

1. illegal, socially censured, hard to find nowadays
2. subtle form of racism, because egalitarian values pressure to behave in a non-prejudiced manner (unterschwellig, unauffällig)

Question 7

targets of prejudice and discrimination:
Ageism

Homophobia

physical/ mental handicap

Answer 7

= prejudice/ discrimination against people based on their age

= discrimination against homosexuals

= overt discrimination is illegal and socially unexceptable, People are often uneasy in their presence and uncertain how to interact with them, an instance of intergroup anxiety

Question 8

forms of discrimination

1. reluctance of help (Wiederwille)
2. tokenism (Zeichen)
3. reverse discrimination

Answer 8

1. = failing to assist the efforts of other groups to improve their position in society, passively or actively (e.g refuse black applicatiant)
2. = small positive action just in order to not to have to do a big favourable action
3. being prejudice in favour of a minority group in order to deflect accusations of prejudice and discrimination against that group (e.g white evaluated black people better, so that nobody thinks they have a aversion against them)