Sterotyping, Prejudice & Discrimination Flashcards
Practical implications
Suggestions about behaviour in the real world beyond the research study, based upon what psychologists have discovered
Stereotype
An oversimplified, generalised set of ideas that we have about others, for example, secondary head teachers are strict, intimidating, scary and male
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 of people. These attitudes are usually negative
Discrimination
The way an individual behaves towards another person or group as a result of their prejudices views-usually negative but sometimes positive
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
Contact
Seeing, speaking or writing to someone
Authoritarian personality
A personality type prone to being prejudiced
F-Scale
A questionnaire used by Adorno to measure personality characteristics
