Prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping Flashcards
Prejudice
Emotion towards people based on group membership
Stereotype
A generalized belief about a group of people
Discrimination
Negative behavior toward a group and its members
Blatant bias
conscious beliefs, feelings, and behavior that people are willing to admit, are mostly hostile, and openly favor their own group
social dominance orientation
Belief that group hierarchies are inevitable in all societies to maintain order
Right-wing authoritarianism
focuses on value conflicts but endorses respect for obedience and authority in the service of group conformity
Subtle bias
automatic, ambiguous, and ambivalent, but real in their consequences
Automatic
Unintended, immediate, and irresistible
IAT test
Measures automatic bias
social identity theory
Favor one’s group over another’s outgroup
Self-categorization theory
People categorize themselves, favoring their own group
Averse racism
Racial bias that is unintended but avoids interracial contact
