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Social psychological approaches to prejudice Flashcards

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What is prejudice?

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To prejudge someone or something.

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Give three examples of prejudice.

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  1. Racism.
  2. Sexism.
  3. Ageism.
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What is prejudice in relation to psychology?

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Thinking and acting less positively towards members of our outgroups compared with our ingroups.

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What are three of common themes Milner found when exploring all the definitions of prejudice?

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  1. It is an attitude.
  2. It is a preconception.
  3. It is rigid and resilient.
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What two accounts of personality show relation to prejudice?

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Authoritarian and social dominance theory.

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What did Adorno et al. suggest about authoritarian personality?

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They identified 9 dimensions of authoritarianism and developed a scale to understand the extent of these traits. This is known as the F scale.

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What did Adorno say the dimensions were based on?

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Freud’s psychodynamic theory.

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List five of Adorno’s dimensions.

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  1. Conventionalism.
  2. Authoritarian submission.
  3. Authoritarian aggression.
  4. Power.
  5. Destructiveness.
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What is one limitation of Adorno’s dimensions?

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Psychodynamic underpinnings of authoritarianism are difficult to establish empirically (not testifiable).

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Who challenged Adorno’s theory?

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Altemeyer.

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What dimensions did Altemeyer show support for and what were these called?

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  1. Conventionalism.
  2. Authoritarian submission.
  3. Authoritarian aggression.

Known as the right-wing authoritarianism scale (RWA-scale).

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What did Alteneyer say the dimensions were based on?

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The idea that you begin life submissive to your parents, then with time this changes. If you experience unfair treatment with outgroups or authority figures you lose these authoritarian beliefs

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What would a high score in RWA suggest? (3)

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  • Faulty reasoning.
  • Lack of insight into their failings.
  • Hostility towards outgroups.
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Within social dominance theory, what sorts of people are more likely to be in topgroups?

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  • Men.
  • Older people.
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What is social dominance theory?

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Social dominance theory is a theory of group conflict. Suggests society is structured into group-based social hierarchies. Groups at the top of the hierarchy have more social value than groups at the bottom of the hierarchy.

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How is old fashioned racism defined?

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It is an overt hatred and discrimination towards a minority group.

14
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What are four types of ‘new racism’?

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  • Symbolic racism.
  • Ambivalent racism.
  • Aversive racism.
  • Subtle racism.
14
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Describe symbolic racism.

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Rejection of minorities based on values and ideology, Based on race relations in the USA.

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Describe ambivalent racism.

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Racial attitudes are multidimensional. Pro- and anti-minority attitudes exist side by side. Rooted in humanitarian and egalitarian values.

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Describe aversive racism.

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Unintentional racism and is characterised by an ambivalent racial attitude. Aversive racists sympathise with victims of past injustice but unavoidably possess negative feelings towards minority groups.

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Describe subtle racism.

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Defence of perceived threat to traditional values. Denial of positive emotions towards outgroups.

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How can stereotypes result in prejudice?

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A triggering stimuli can result in a negative stereotype action which can lead to prejudice behaviour.

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What are two variables that determine whether stereotypical processing occurs?

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  • Motivational goals to think of people in individual terms.
  • When people are cognitively busy.
18
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Describe low and high prejudice.

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  • Low prejudice is through conscious processing and suppresses negative stereotypes.
  • High prejudice does not inhibit stereotypes because it is consistent with their beliefs about the group.
18
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Is stereotyping inevitable?

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Traditional views suggest stereotyping is unconditionally automatic.

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What does self categorisation theory suggest about stereotyping?

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That categorisation of people (into ingroups and outgroups) is the first step towards stereotyping.

20
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What are the levels of self categorisation theory?

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  • Superordinate level.
  • Intermediate level.
  • Subordinate level.
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When is achieving positive in-group differentiation important in the social identity theory?

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Achieving positive intergroup differentiation is important when social identity is threatened.

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Name one factor that affects how people respond to threats in the social identity theory.

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  • Whether the ingroup has high or low status in the group conflict.

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