Prejudice discrimination and agression Flashcards
Stereotype
Overgeneralized mental schemas about a group of people based only on their membership in a group not on any individual characteristics
These can be false or can contain an element of truth
Simplified assumption based on prior life experiences
Prejudice
Unjustified negative attitude about a group of people based on their membership in the group
Feelings may influence treatment of others, leading to discrimination
Racism
Categorization of a person or group of people based on their race or ethnicity and the systematic mistreatment of people in a targeted group
Discrimination
Unjustified negative behavior toward members of a target group (Individual level) based on their race, ethnicity, or other shared characteristics
Stereotype threat
A situation in which people feel at risk of performing as their group is expected to perform
In-groups
Group that we identify with “us” or see ourselves as belonging to (gender, race, age, social economic group)
Provide powerful source of our identity and self esteem
Strong sense of belonging and emotional connection
Develop in group bias, your group is better because its yours
Self fulfilling prophecy
Expectation held by a person that alters his or her behavior in a way that tends to make it true
Gordon Allport
Connected scapegoating with feelings of prejudice, gives people a target to blame for their problems and more of a sense of control over their lives
Scapegoat theory
Members of a group in power hold members of a less powerful group responsible for their problems
Ethnocentrism
Tendency to use your own culture as the standard by which to judge and evaluate other cultures
Belief that your society group, or culture is superior to all others
Out-groups
Social groups with whom a person does not identify; “them”
dividing the world into “us” and “them” entails racism and war
to be an out group for you you have to have an outside interaction with
Contact hypothesis
Bringing members from different groups together will reducie prejudice (exposure) improve positive attitudes.
Those in authority firmly endorse integration
Competition among groups is absent
Out group homogeneity
The tendency for us to view members of out group as being more similar, or homogenous, than members of in groups that we belong to
Superordinate goals
Shared goals that override differences among people and require cooperation
