Social Psychology Flashcards
What is Prejudice?
Thinking badly of others for no reason
What characteristics can we give to someone with Prejudiced views?
- Prejudiced against all different to themselves
- Magnification of differences between groups
- Negative view of out-group and positive view of in-group
- Negative views are persistent
Can we form prejudice without meeting the out-group?
Yes we can form prejudices without meeting a certain group due to stereotypes and projection of our own emotions onto the group
Who were the Key Psychologists in understanding early prejudiced beliefs?
Freud
Reich
Fromm
Adorno
What book by Adorno et al. describes prejudice?
The Authoritarian Personality
What research methods did Adorno use to research prejudice?
- Questionnaire survey
- Leicher scale
- Anti-Semitism scale
- Ethnocentrism
- F scale
What is the Anti-Semitism scale?
How much people agree or disagree with statements related to Anti-Semitism
What is Ethnocentrism?
Measuring and valuing other cultures below your own culture
What is the F-scale?
A scale that measure Fascism using questions related to Fascism and rating how much you agree on a scale (1 to 5 etc)
Who did Adorno interview after the results of his Prejudice research Surveys?
High and low Authoritarian personalities
What was the purpose of Adornos interviews with the Participants of the Prejudice survey?
To identify different family dynamics
-Strict upbringing etc
What type of logic was the basis of Prejudice research?
Freudian logic
What type of personality does a strict upbringing lead to?
- Suppression of emotions
- Frustration and resentment
- Idealised image of family
What does Freudian logic describe?
How we see others and that the world tells us more about us than it does about itself
What is Projection?
Our perceptions are often irrational and based on our own emotions
-We project our own emotions onto others
