STEREOTYPES, PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

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prejudice and discrimination based on person’s racial background

domination of one racial group over another

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racism

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prejudice and discrimination based on a person’s gender

domination of one gender over another

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sexism

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associations that link whole groups of people with certain traits or characteristics

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stereotypes

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negative feelings about others because of their connection to a social group

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Prejudice

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negative behaviors directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group

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Discrimination

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Concerning the bias, a subtle form of prejudice that tends to surface when it is safe, socially acceptable, or easy to rationalize

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Modern Racism

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racism that concerns the ambivalence between fair-minded attitudes and beliefs, and unconscious and unrecognized prejudicial feelings and beliefs.

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Aversive racism

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racism that operates unconsciously and unintentionally

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Implicit racism

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measures implicit racism towards african american

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Implicit association test (IAT)

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social interactions between individuals from different racial or ethnic groups

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Interracial interactions

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thoughts about the outgroup’s stereotypes about them and worry about being seen as consistent with these stereotypes.

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Metastereotypes

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often prescriptive than merely descriptive

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gender stereotypes

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characterized by negative, resentful feelings about women’s abilities, value, and challenge to men’s power

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Hostile Sexism

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characterized by affectionate, chivalrous feelings founded on the potentially patronizing belief that women need and deserve protection

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Benevolent Sexism

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women are viewed or treated more as mere bodies or objects and less as fully functioning human beings

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Objectification

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hostile sexist attitudes predict antipathy and negative perceptions

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Ambivalent sexism

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process of experiencing social disapproval, negative attitudes, and discrimination from others due to a particular characteristic, trait, behavior or status that deviates from what is considered normal or socially acceptable in a given culture or society

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Stigma/stigmatized

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targets of negative stereotypes, perceived as deviant, and devalued in society because they are members of a particular chracteristic

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Stigmatized individuals

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the tendency to discriminate in favor of ingroups over outgroups

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Ingroup favoritism

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in this theory, each of us strives to enhance our self-esteem

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Social identity theory

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Social identity has two components:

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personal identity
various collective or social identities

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achieved not only through negative reactions and behaviors toward outgroups but also through being especially favorable and helpful towards one’s ingroups

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intergroup discrimination

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a theory that states that direct contact between hostile groups will reduce intergroup prejudice under certain conditions.

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Contact hypothesis

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contact should occur in circumstances that give the two groups equal status

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Equal status

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acontact should involve one on one interactions among individual members

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cooperative activities

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defined in part by relevant activities, should favor intergroup contact

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social norms

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effects of intergroup contact to reduce prejudice:

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enhances knowledge about the outgroup
reducing anxiety about intergroup contact
increasing empathy and perspective taking