Prejudice and Discrimination
Out-group
Those outside the group with which an individual identifies
Media stereotypes
Images used to depict groups of people in film, in print, and on television reinforce prejudicial social norms
When cotton prices rallied what happened to the number of lynchings
It fell
When cotton prices dropped what happened to the number of lynchings
It increased
Discrimination
A negative action taken against an individual as a result of his or her group membership
Prejudice
A negative attitude toward an individual based solely on his or her membership in a particular group
Prejudice is an _____, discrimination is a ______
Attitude, behavior
Scapegoating
Blaming an innocent person or a group for one's own troubles
The Hebrew priests of old performed a ritual that symbolically transferred the sins of the people to what?
Goat
Economic competition
One group wins economic benefits or jobs at the other group's expense
Combating prejudice with new role models
The ability of role models to change the minds of people who are already prejudiced, prevent it rather than cure
In-group
The group with which an individual identifies
Social distance
The perceived difference or similarity between oneself and another person
The number of lynchings in the southern United States between 1882 and 1930 was related to what?
The price of cotton
Combating prejudice with equal status contact
When people are placed together under conditions of equal status, where neither wields power over the other, the chances of developing understanding increase
Combating prejudice with legislation
When the law requires people to act in a less discriminatory fashion, people have to justify their new behavior by softening their prejudiced attitudes
When is scapegoating most effective?
When the object of scorn is readily identified by skin color or some distinctive physical features, or propaganda can create such differences in the minds of the dominant group