Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping
Aaron does not believe himself to be a racist, and is honest when he tells people that he does not have anything against people of color. He does, however, tend to avoid people of color. This is an example of aversive racism.
aversive
Prejudice is a term for an emotional bias that involves an evaluation of people based merely on their membership in a given group.
prejudice
Self-categorization theory develops social identity theory's point that people place themselves, along with others, into groups. They then tend to favor their own group.
self-categorization
In Barcelona, many people believe they have the greatest football team in the world, and certainly better than the one in Madrid .This need to favor one's in-group is consistent with social identity theory.
social identity
"All Jewish people are good with money." This statement is an example of a(n) stereotype.
stereotype
Subtle biases, which are those that are automatic, ambivalent, and ambiguous, can have very real consequences for their targets.
subtle biases
According to the Stereotype Content Model, there are 4 different types of stereotypes, each differing on the dimensions of warmth and competence.
4
The belief that group hierarchies are inevitable in all societies and that they may be a good idea that helps to establish and sustain order is called the social dominance orientation.
social dominance
Behavior that provides a specific advantage or disadvantage to a person based solely on that individual's membership in a particular group is called discrimination.
discrimination
Bertram is a taxi driver in New York. He feels that businessmen are the biggest tippers. As a result, he does not stop to pick up casually dressed people. Bertram's behaviors demonstrate discrimination.
discrimination
According to the Stereotype Content Model, what kind of emotional prejudice would result if a person were to develop a contemptuous stereotype about another individual?
disgust
A(n) envious stereotype, as advanced by the Stereotype Content Model, would occur when a person rates a target as being high in competence but low in warmth.
envious
Which of the following is not a belief prized by a person high in right-wing authoritarianism?
"They" are trying to beat "us."
Automatic biases are those that are unintended, immediate, and irresistible.
Automatic
Blatant biases are conscious beliefs, feelings, and behavior that people are perfectly willing to admit, which mostly express hostility toward other groups while unduly favoring one's own group.
Blatant biases
Krista is at a business luncheon where she is interviewing for a job. The interviewer tells her, "Sitting over there is the CEO of our company. She is amazing!" Krista immediately rates this person as being high in both competence and warmth, causing what kind of stereotype?
admiration
Lars grew up in Copenhagen and has heard negative messages about immigrants. He has never had a negative interaction with an immigrant but has decided that he doesn't like them. This is an example of a(n) prejudice.
prejudice
A person who ranks high in right-wing authoritarianism would emphasize the importance of obedience to authority in the service of group conformity.
right-wing authoritarianism
Louis lives in a predominantly white neighborhood and learns that a Latino family is going to be renting a home on his block. "I don't think they belong here," Louis tells his wife. Louis is demonstrating a(n) social dominance orientation.
social dominance
Gerald has a belief that Asian individuals are bad drivers. Although he never says this out loud and would even deny that he feels this way, he is not willing to get in a cab driven by an Asian person. Gerald is demonstrating a(n) subtle bias.
subtle bias
