Relative deprivation Flashcards
What is relative deprivation?
A sense of having less than we are entitled to.
What are two examples of relative deprivation?
Watts suburb of LA, lead to riots due to injustice of 3 black family member arrests $35m was damaged. Military called in.
South Central LA, due to 4 white policemen beating Rodney King, 63 dead 2,383 injured $1b property damages, beating of white truck driver Reginald Denny.
What did Berkowitz suggest about intergroup prejudice?
It is a function of negative behaviour, aversive events, aggressive association between groups due to event.
What is the J-Curve hypothesis?
The idea that expectations are that life will increase exponentially in regard to economic wealth and stability, but in reality it may be a J curve as life may dip when responsibility increases and wealth does not. The difference and discontent between expectations ad reality can be seen as relative deprivation.
What is egoistic relative deprivation?
A feeling of personality having less than we feel we are entitled too in comparison to other similar individuals.
What is fraternalistic relative deprivation?
Sense that our group has less in comparison to the collective aspirations or other groups, e.g. north of England to south.
How does identification effect relative deprivation?
The stronger you identify with the group for fraternalistic deprivation the more it can influence life and feelings.
What is perceived effectiveness of action in relative deprivation?
People who believe that taking action and protesting will help.
What is perceptions of injustice?
Perceptions that you have less than you are entitled to (distributive justice) and the victim of unfair procedures. (Procedural injustice)
What is the in-group and out-group comparison?
Likelihood for action depends on the similarity of the out-group.
What are the reasons people do not protest?
They would rather let others take the risk and change the issue e.g. other people go on strike for the cause as you may not be able to afford the unpaid time.
Not as strongly identifying to the cause as others.
