Stereotyping, Prejudice And Discrimination Flashcards
Stereotype
An oversimplified, generalised set of ideas that we have about others, for example, secondary head teachers are strict, intimidating, scary and male
Media
Means of communication - television, radio, the internet and newspapers are all examples of different types of media
Practical implications
Suggestions about behaviour in the real world beyond the research study, based upon what psychologists have discovered
Role model
Someone who a child looks up to and is likely to copy
Prejudice
A rigid set of attitudes or beliefs towards particular groups if people . These attitudes are usually negative but not always
Discrimination
(with reference to prejudice). The way an individual behaves towards another person or group as a result of their prejudice view. This behavior is usually negative, but could also be positive.
Authoritarian personality
Personality type that is prone to being prejudice.
F-scale
The questionnaire used by Adorno to measure personality characteristics.
Robbers cave
The name given to Sherif’s experiment on prejudice.
In-group
A group of people you believe you have something in common with, for example: your psychology group.
Out-group
A group of people whom you believe you have nothing in common with
Jigsaw method
The name given to the technique used by Aronson to reduce prejudice within a group of mixed-race students.
Expert groups
Another name for the jigsaw method. It is called expert groups because each member of the group becomes an expert on a particular topic and they then pass this knowledge on to the rest of their group
Contact
Seeing, speaking or writing to someone.
Empathy
Being able to put yourself in someone else’s position psychologically and understand how that person is feeling.
