Unit 2 - Social Cognition, Attitudes and Stereotypes

Question 1

Definition of attitude

Answer 1

an attitude is a positive or negative evaluation of an attitude object, so it is your view or how you feel about a person, object, event or idea.

Question 2

What are the 3 letters in the tri-component and what do they stand for?

Answer 2

A- affective
B - behaviour
C- cognitive

Question 3

Explain the tri-component

Answer 3

Affective - how you feel about something
Behaviour - how you act in reference to something
Cognitive - what you know about something/the facts

Question 4

give examples for the tri-component

Answer 4

A- I’m scared of spiders
B- I will avoid siders and scream if i see one
C- I know some spiders are poisonous and dangerous.

Question 5

definition of prejudice

Answer 5

A negative attitude about a group of people based on insufficient or incorrect information. (not an attitude towards an individual)

Question 6

give an example of prejudice

Answer 6

affective and cognitive in the tri component. Racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and disability.

Question 7

definition of discrimination

Answer 7

discrimination is the action that expresses the attitude of prejudice and is often an individual who is the victim.

Question 8

give an example of discrimination

Answer 8

behavioural component in the tri component

Question 9

definition of sterotyping

Answer 9

A generalised and simplified belief about a group of people, most common are age, gender, ethic and occupational.

Question 10

give an example of stereotyping

Answer 10

racial profiling- everyone of a certain race is good at sport
gender - girls are not good at sports, guys are always messy and unclean.
cultures - All Italians are good cooks
groups of individuals - all children dislike healthy food, teenagers are rebels, blonds are dumb.

Question 11

What are the different types of prejudice

Answer 11

ageism, racism, sexism, homophobia, disability

Question 12

What are the ways in which prejudice can be prevented or reduced.

Answer 12

education, intergroup contact, cognitive interventions, superordinate goals and direct experience

Question 13

What is education

Answer 13

students are tought from a young age on how to identify prejudice and discrimination and about acceptance of others and tollerance.

Question 14

What is Cognitive intervention

Answer 14

giving people more information about the group they may have held a prejudice against and providing time for this information to be understood.

Question 15

What is Setting superordinate goals

Answer 15

getting two conflicting groups to work together on a common goal they both need or want to solve

Question 16

What is Direct exposure

Answer 16

Of another culture or lifestyle. This can lead to a richer appreciation of the culture of ehtnic group which a prejudice may have been held against.

Question 17

What is Intergroup contact

Answer 17

direct contact between the two groups that have a prejudice towards each other. however direct contact must include the following
sustained contact over a period of time
the groups must cooperate together
both groups must share equal status
the reduction of prejudice must be regarded as a ‘social norm’ - an expectation by society.

Question 18

What are the Effects of prejudice and discrimination

Answer 18

Victims of prejudice may suffer a range of physical, psychological and social disadvantages, these include:
low self-esteem
disadvantage/failure
self-fulfilling prophecies
violence and genocide

Question 19

What does implicit mean?

Answer 19

Are involuntary, uncontrollable and sometimes unconscious. It is an attitude that a person is unaware of. But it can be revealed by their actions.

Question 20

What does explicit mean?

Answer 20

Where people openly state their attitude and behave in a way that reflects this attitude.

Question 21

What are two rules that come with intergroup contact

Answer 21

Both groups must share equal status, and it must be sustained over a period of time.

Question 22

Difference between Prejudice and discrimination.

Answer 22

Prejudice is a negative attitude towards a group of people based on insufficient information where as discrimination espression of this negative attitude or prejudice and is how you then act towards something.

Question 23

What basically is prejudice

Answer 23

pre-judgement