Unit 3 Flashcards
Conclusions or inferences we make about people based on their group membership, such as race, religion, age, or gender
Stereotype (belief)
Holding hostile or negative attitudes toward an individual or group
Prejudice (attitude)
Showing favoritism or hostility to others because of their affiliation with a group
Discrimination (behavior)
An individual’s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race
Racism
Simultaneously holding egalitarian values and negative feelings toward minorities
Aversive Racism
The act of placing objects into meaningful groups
Categorization
Tendency to exaggerate differences between groups
Accentuation Effect
The assumption that outgroup members are more similar to one another than ingroup members are to one another
Outgroup Homogeneity Effect
Perception of a relationship where none exists, or perception of a stronger relationship than actually exists
Illusory Correlation
The co-occurrence of two distinct events makes the relationship between those events seem stronger than it is
Implication
Part of self-concept based on identification with group(s)
Social Identity
People who belong to the same group or category as we do; “us”
Ingroup
People who belong to a different group or category than we do; “them”
Outgroup
People who socially identify with group derive self-esteem in part from group membership
Social Identity Theory
People may learn to automatically associate certain groups with fear or other negative emotions
Classical Conditioning
