Unit 2.1.4 Prejudice, Discrimination + Stigma Flashcards
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Prejudice
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- Negative attitude
- People possess towards individuals
- Based only on their membership of a group
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Old-fashioned prejudice
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Deliberate, open and overt prejudice
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Modern prejudice
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- More subtle form of prejudice
- Insinuates rejection while displaying acceptance
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Discrimination
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- Negative behaviour
- Directed towards a specific group or individual of the group
- Based only on their membership of the group
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Direct discrimination
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- Unfavourable treatment of a person
- Due to a personal characteristic protected by law
- E.g. age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation
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Indirect discrimination
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- When the same treatment is applied to everyone
- But it disadvantages someone due to a personal characteristic
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Stigma
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- Negative attitudes about someone
- Based on a distinguishing characteristic
- E.g. mental illness, disability, gender, sexuality, race, religion or culture
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Social stigma
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- Largely characterised by negative stereotypes
- As they come to define people + prevent them from being seen as an individual
- Leading to widespread discrimination
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Self-stigma
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- The result of the internalisation of negative stereotypes
- Can lead to poor self-efficiency + low self-esteem
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Inter-group contact
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- Concept proposing that for prejudice between groups to be reduced, there must be more direct contact between the group’s members
- i.e they must spend more time together
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Sustained contact
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Prolonged and cooperative interaction between two groups who are prejudiced against each other.
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Contact hypothesis
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Hypothesis stating that social contact between social groups is enough to reduce inter-group prejudice.
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Mutual interdependence
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When two groups must depend somehow on one another to meet a goal.
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Equality
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- State of being on the same level as one another
- Without either group having more/less power/status than the other
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Superordinate goal
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- Top-level, ultimate goals
- Between two groups or individuals
- Cannot be achieved alone or without the other person/groups
