Unit 4 (Attitudes) - Prejudice & Discrimination Flashcards
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Prejudice
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Negative attitudes towards members of a group based solely on a person’s membership to a group
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Discrimination
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An action which expresses one’s prejudicial attitude
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Other Prejudice Concepts (5)
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Scapegoating, Direct Experience, Personal Prejudice, Group Prejudice, Prejudiced Personality
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Scapegoating (1)
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Displacing aggression towards an individual or minority group
5
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Direct Experience (2)
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Our personal encounters with individuals, ideas or events can shape future attitudes
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Personal Prejudice (3)
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Prejudice can be an individual process learned though our interactions with friends and familly
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Group Prejudice (4)
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When members of an in-group develop attitudes about members of an out-group
