UNIT 4

Question 1

stereotypes

Answer 1

mental images of different social groups

Question 2

prejudices

Answer 2

negative feelings towards social groups

Question 3

discrimination

Answer 3

differential treatment towards a social group

Question 4

scripts schemata

Answer 4

sequence of facts

Question 5

role schemata

Answer 5

assigning roles to identify

Question 6

intra-category assimilation

Answer 6

we perceive elements of the same category as more similar

Question 7

inter-category differentiation

Answer 7

we perceive elements in different categories as more different

Question 8

accentuation theory

Answer 8

the more important the category for you, the more accentuated the contrast

Question 9

minimum of groupness

Answer 9

less group is not possible

Question 10

biological essentialism

Answer 10

things in biology that you cannot get rid off

Question 11

eugenics

Answer 11

scientific political movement to improve genetic composition

Question 12

aversive racism

Answer 12

form of racism embedded in sensitivity rather than conscious beliefs. Positive beliefs but negative implicit associations

Question 13

dissociation model

Answer 13

we behave differently when we have time to think

Question 14

outgroup homogeneity effect

Answer 14

we tend to think that people from a group different from ours look more similar

Question 15

decategorization

Answer 15

deemphasize belonging to a certain category, considered individuals

Question 16

crossed categorization

Answer 16

activate thing we have in common instead of the things we do not have in common

Question 17

recategorization

Answer 17

activate general identification categories

Question 18

zero-sum

Answer 18

the profits from one group come form the loss of another

Question 19

positive sum

Answer 19

both groups can benefit, decreases racism (jigsaw puzzle)

Question 20

stereotypes as heuristics

Answer 20

using the information we have to suggest things about a person (photo of a girl, different name)

Question 21

contact hypothesis

Answer 21

prejudices can be decreased by having contact with people you are prejudicial about.
- extended
-equal status
-personal
-freely chosen
-cooperative