Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Question 1

Stereotypes

Answer 1

Cognitive. Occur when attitudes and impressions are made based on limited and superficial information.

Question 2

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Answer 2

When stereotypes lead to expectations and those expectations create conditions that lead to confirmation of that stereotype

Question 3

Stereotype threat

Answer 3

Concern or anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype about one’s social group

Question 4

Prejudice

Answer 4

Affective. An irrational positive or negative attitude toward a person, group, or thing prior to an actual experience

Question 5

Ethnocentrism

Answer 5

Refers to the practice of making judgements about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of one’s own culture

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Cultural Relativism

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Refers to the recognition that social groups and cultures should be studied on their own terms

Question 7

Discrimination

Answer 7

Behavioral. When prejudicial attitudes cause individuals of a particular group to be treated differently from others.