Social Identity LT9 Flashcards
What is prejudice
A learned negative attitude or prejudgment about another person/group
What is discrimination
actions that occur towards another person or group because of prejudice
What are the three stages?
Social categorisation, identification and comparison
What is social categorisation?
A group that you belong to is the in group, another group is the out group
What is social identification?
We adopt the identity of the in group we have categorised ourselves as belonging to.
What is social comparison
We compare our in group with one or more out groups and view them in a negative way
What is out group denigration
Discrimination that stems from prejudice caused by grouping. Opportunities to put down out groups are taken in order to raise an in groups self esteem
