Prejudice And Racism Flashcards
6 Characteristics of a minority group:
- _ by another group
- identified _ by traits that have _ _ _.
- members are _ social _
- _ membership
- _ marriage
- minority is a _ concept, not _
- oppressed
- symbolically, high social visibility
- self-conscious, units
- ascribed
- in-group
- social, numerical
4 types of feeling that characterize prejudice in dominant group:
- _
- minority is _ different and alien
- _ claim to power, privilege, and status
- _ and _ that minority harbors _ on the power, privilege, and status of dominant group
- superiority
- inherently
- proprietary
- fear, suspicion
prejudice information (confirmation) bias
retain info confirming attitude and ignore/discount contradictory evidence
difference between prejudice and discrimination:
- prejudice is an attitude which _ someone to _ in a certain manner
- discrimination is the arbitrary _ of _, _, and _ to members of a _ group
- is prejudice required for discrimination?
- predisposes, act
- denial, power, privilege, status, minority
- not necessarily
5 sources of racial and ethnic antagonism:
- Competition for scarce resources
- Unequal power
- Reference groups
- Self-fulfilling prophecies
- Personality variables
How is competition for scarce resources a source of racial and ethnic antagonism?
_ labor market, which occurs when there is a _ _ _ for the labor in the same _.
Split, large price difference, occupation
How is unequal power a source of racial and ethnic antagonism?
_ group enjoys _ power _, which gives them the ability to dominate through _ and _ _.
incoming, superior, resources, conquest, imposing control
How are reference groups a source of racial and ethnic antagonism?
- many of our racial _ and _ are _ in reference groups.
- reason prejudice _ _ we have contact with minorities.
- attitude _ is associated with _ in reference groups.
- attitudes, behavior, rooted
- develops before
- change, shift
How are self-fulfilling prophecies a source of racial and ethnic antagonism?
- Even though our D of S is , we _ _ that make it come true ( _ from social psych).
- Even when evidence is non-confirming, we _ _ and _ information in a way that leads us to to believe stereotype is confirmed.
- false, create conditions, behavior confirmation
- selectively perceive, process
2 personality variables that are a source of racial and ethnic antagonism.
- trait
- specific personality type
- projection
- authoritarian
people attribute to others traits that they find unacceptable in themselves
projection
set of traits characterized by rigid, conventional thinking, obsession with power, submission to authority, highly judgmental values, and a cynical outlook.
authoritarian personality
