seminar 7 Flashcards
What is Prejudice?
Prejudice refers to negative attitudes and feelings toward individuals based on their group membership (e.g., race, gender, religion).
What is the focus of Intergroup Relations?
Intergroup relations study how different social groups interact, conflict, and cooperate with each other.
What is the main premise of Intergroup Contact Theory (ICT)?
ICT suggests that direct contact between members of rival groups can reduce prejudice, but only under specific conditions.
What are the key conditions for Intergroup Contact Theory to be successful?
Equal Status
Personal Interaction
Cooperative Activities
Support from Authorities
How do integrated schools and workplaces demonstrate the effectiveness of ICT?
Integrated environments where individuals from different groups collaborate reduce prejudice more than segregated settings.
What is the role of intergroup friendships in reducing prejudice?
Having friends from the outgroup is linked to more positive attitudes toward that group.
What is Extended (Indirect) Contact, and how does it reduce prejudice?
Learning about an ingroup member’s friendship with an outgroup member can reduce prejudice by promoting positive connections.
What is Imagined Contact, and how does it affect intergroup relations?
Imagining a positive interaction with an outgroup member reduces anxiety and increases openness to that group.
What are the pros and cons of Intergroup Contact Theory (ICT)?
Pros: Reduces prejudice, encourages empathy, and increases knowledge about outgroups.
Cons: Less effective for minority groups, difficult to implement in segregated societies, and ineffective for groups with strong loyalty to their own group.
What is the purpose of Socio-Cognitive Interventions to reduce prejudice?
Socio-cognitive interventions aim to change individuals’ thinking patterns by increasing awareness of diversity, exposing counter-stereotypic information, and encouraging perspective-taking.
What is the Counter-Stereotypic Information intervention?
Exposing individuals to examples that contradict stereotypes, such as female scientists or male nurses, to challenge biases.
How does the Common Ingroup Identity Model suggest reducing prejudice?
By shifting the perception from “us vs. them” to a shared “we” identity, which promotes unity and reduces intergroup distinctions.
What are the strategies to achieve a Common Ingroup Identity?
Decategorization – Focusing on individuals rather than group labels.
Recategorization – Creating a common superordinate identity that includes both groups.
What is the Dual-Identity Approach, and how does it solve limitations of the Common Ingroup Identity Model?
The Dual-Identity Approach recognizes both a shared identity and the distinctiveness of each group, allowing for unity while respecting diversity.
How can promoting both shared and individual identities, like “European” and national identities, help reduce prejudice?
This approach acknowledges both a common identity (e.g., “European”) and the uniqueness of each subgroup (e.g., French, German), fostering inclusivity while preserving cultural diversity.
