prejudice: culture

Question 1

Give 2 pieces of evidence to support differing social norms as a reason for prejudice.

Answer 1

• Minard = 80 white american miners had friendly relations towards black miners below ground compared to 20 above ground. Therefore demonstrating that social norms of prejudice towards certain groups can change
• Rogers and Frantz = found that immigrants in Zimbabwe became more prejudice towards the black population the longer they stayed in the country. Therefore demonstrating that social norms can be assimilated and affect prejudice

Question 2

define ‘multiculturalism’

Answer 2

Multiple cultures living in one area.

Question 3

define ‘assimilation’

Answer 3

Adopting someone else’s culture as your own.

Question 4

define ‘collectivist’

Answer 4

Believing in helping the community and working together.

Question 5

define ‘individualist’

Answer 5

Looking out for yourself and being more independent.

Question 6

Give a piece of evidence to reject collectivism as a reason for prejudice.

Answer 6

Al-Zahrani and Kaplowitz = found that Saudi people (a collectivist culture) reported more in-group favouratism and negative out-group bias than American people (an individualistic culture). therefore suggests that collectivism increases prejudice instead of lowers it

Question 7

Evaluate a strength of this explanation of prejudice.

Answer 7

1) Holistic as it looks at wider issues unlike narrow personality theories, therefore findings are more credible
2) The recognition of some cultures being more prejudice than others may cause them to change their norms and values to a more positive view to avoid hate

Question 8

Evaluate a weakness of this explanation of prejudice.

Answer 8

• unethical
• Suggesting some cultures are more prejudice than others can have negative repercussions which can lead to more prejudice