Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Descrimination Flashcards

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Prejudice

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A negative learned attitude toward a group of people

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Discrimination

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Negative behaviours directed at a specific group of people

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Stereotype

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A general belief about a group of people

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Racism

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Discrimination directed at a specific racial group

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Aversive Racism

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subtle racial behaviours of any ethnic or racial group who rationalize their aversion to a particular group by appeal to rules or stereotypes

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Racial Prejudice

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Holding a hostile attitude toward a person due to their race

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Sexism

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Discrimination directed at a specific gender

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Heterosexism

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discrimination directed at non-heterosexual individuals

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Gender Prejudice

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Negative attitudes towards a person due to their gender

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Gender Stereotypes

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People’s ideas about how men and women should behave

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Ambivalent Sexism

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theoretical framework that posits that Sexism has two subgroups; Hostile and Benevolent

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Hostile Sexism

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antagonistic attitude toward women, who are often viewed as trying to control men through feminist ideology or sexual seduction

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Benevolent Sexism

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a chivalrous attitude toward women that feels favourable but is actually sexist because it casts women as weak creatures in need of men’s protection

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Social Categorization

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Dividing people into categories based on common attributes

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Out-group homogeneity

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The belief that “all of them are the same”

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Ultimate attribution error

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a group-level attribution error, assuming the behavior of a group of people is due to internal factors instead of external circumstances

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Just-world Hypothesis

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The belief that victims of misfortune deserve what they got

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Realistic group conflict Theory

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intergroup hostility can arise as a result of conflicting goals and competition over limited resources, and it also offers an explanation for the feelings of prejudice and discrimination toward the out-group that accompany the intergroup hostility

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Relative Deprivation

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The experience of being deprived of something to which one believes to be entitled

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What are the consequences of Stereotyping?

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Influences our perception of others, Affects our behaviours, Affects the behaviours of the stereotyped group, Confirmation Bias

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Contact Hypothesis

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Increased communication between groups reduces prejudice/descrimination