Racism And Social (final) Flashcards

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The in-group Bias

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We feel positive emotions and offer special treatment for those in the in-group.
We feel negative emotions and will take the resources of out-group members
without sympathy.

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Super stimulus

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race like strawberry cheesecake, combines many elements to survive together. t automatically, nonconsciously, and instantly elicits the IG bias, prejudices and
stereotypes.

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Prejudice

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a hostile or negative feeling toward a distinguishable group

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Stereotyping

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assigning identical characteristics to any person in a group based
only on group membership

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Discrimination

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acting differently toward a member of the out group

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Prejudice- emotion
Stereotype- cognition
Discrimination- behavior
But, prejudice and stereotyping can occur AT THE SAME TIME:
Nonconscious Stereotype Activation

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Nonconscious Stereotype Activation

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At the moment that I perceive a member of the outgroup, my stereotypes are
activated too.
Might cause interaction with that person to be a SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.

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Naturalist Fallacy

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“What is natural is good”
Love, friendship, altruism are natural, but so are violent aggression, cancer, opium.

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Ultimate attribution error

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Extending the FAE to all members of an out group: They do what they do BECAUSE
they are Latino, Black, White, etc…

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Outgroup Homogeneity

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We great overestimate the degree to which outgroup members are alike.
Works at the level of perception: Members of other races DO look alike to us.
Out group’s failures blamed on their dispositions:
“They fail because they’re stupid; we fail because we didn’t try.“

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Cognitive dissonance

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a state of unpleasant psychological tension caused by
contradictions b/w behavior and attitudes, which motivate us to reduce our
discomfort by changing our attitudes or our behavior.

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Actor-Observer Bias

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As actor, situational; as observer, dispositional atts

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Self-Serving Bias

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