Test 1 Flashcards
Structural functionalist phase
prejudice a result of internalisation of social or cultural values
Conflict Phase
prejudice as a result of competition and conflict of interest over scarce resources and social structures that underlie the conflict
Psychodynamic theory
defence mechanisms, coming from unconscious impulses
Critical Race Theory
PDS results in disadvantages and advantages for certain groups
Social Cognitive Perspective
prejudice as a negative attitude toward a group or out-group member
Illusory Correlations
categorization of attributes make it easy to assume all people of that group share such attributes, as well that those who share such attributes will also share others unknown
Time-Accuracy Trade-off
rather save time than be accurate
Kernel Truth Hypothesis
some truth to categorization attributes, but they don’t take time to find out if assumption is true or not
Allport (1954) viewed prejudice as…
negative attitude toward out-group or out-group member
Verkuyten (2020) 3 Components of Prejudice
3 separate components:
intolerance based on closedmindedness
intolerance for out-group beliefs
deliberate intolerance (interfering with beliefs because they didn’t match their own)
Altemeyer (1981) Authoritarian Submission
doing what leaders tell you without question
Altemeyer (1981) Authoritarian Aggression
violence against groups whom their leader sanctioned as breaking norms and deserving punishment
Altemeyer (1981) Conventionalism
strict adherence to socially conservative norms, do what others do, think what others think, all else is deviant and immoral
Dogmatism
prejudice masked by left-wing ideologies
Stenner (2009) authoritarianism
intolerance of differences between individuals or groups that drive deviance
Social Dominance Orientation
intergroup process, group hierarchy, deserve more, viewed as superior
Political Conservatives
relationship to authoritarianism, designated villains of prejudice; social change unwelcome, desire for old days
Liberals oppose groups who do not value…
social change, equality, environmentalism, feminism
Anti-Hierarchical Aggression
negative attitudes toward those who are socioeconomically privileged or benefitted from oppression of others
Anti-Conventionalism
negativity toward socially conservative attitudes and behaviours
Top-Down Censorship
refers to government control over speech and individual rights
Social Categorization
combination of limited capacity assumption and time-accuracy trade-off
Attribution Bias
when something good happens attribute it to in-group and vice versa
Linguistic Intergroup Bias Effect
pattern of language used to describe in-group and out-group behaviour
Memory Bias
remember more positive info about in-group members and negative about out-group
