PSYCH 321 CH 6

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hotel and restaurant owners were mailed a survey asking their attitudes towards chinese immigrants and whether they would serve them 90% said they would reject the chinese

LaPiere study

inter groups will improve when: groups have equal social status groups have sustained close contact groups cooperate towards superordinate goals social norms favor equality group members can from friendships

contact hypothesis

avoid/ ostracize these people. sees group as something that needs to be fixed about society- extreme forms lead to genocide

contemptuous prejudice

feels disgust, resentment, fear and hostility. not mixed with positive attitudes or feelings

contemptuous prejudice

feel envy, fear, resentment, hostility, but mixed with respect and admiration

envious prejudice

this group is a threat- not warm or cooperative towards their group

envious prejudice

judging another group or culture by the values of ones own culture

ethnocentrism

attitudes may coexist with implicit prejudice attitudes

explicit nonprejudiced

colorblindness could be seen as a stigma that make the color blind person feel welcomed in the group

false it would make them feel left out

prejudice is a

feeling

where can people gain part of their self esteeem

front their ingroups

belief that two things are related when they are not

illusory correlation

harder to change than explicit

implicit prejudice

does ethnocentrism increase or decrease when groups compete

increase

one factor behind prejudice; implicit preference for own group is very strong

ingroup bias

which groups still identify with old fashion racism today

islamic middle eastern identities Indians

does illusory correlation support stereotyped thinking

it can

when we think about how unequal our society is, sometimes it is easier to pretend that it exists for a reason

justification of oppression

short term consequences of stereotype threat

lower test scores depleted self regulation

belief that groups in society are hierachical

social dominance theory

the self concept demonstrates that groups we identify with are important to the self

social identity theory

members of disadvantaged groups may still endorse status hierarchy as legitimate; people minimize the extent to which they personally experience discrimination

system justification theory

groups of people associated with envious prejudice

asians wealthy jewish

egalitarian beliefs and internalized negative stereotypes about racial minorities

aversive racism

form of ambivalent prejudice

aversive racism

discrimination is a

behavior

discrimination is a ____ component?

behavioral

stereotypes are a ____ component?

cognitive

steretoype is a

thoughts/ beliefs

the possibility of holding negative attitudes threatens self concept as a fair minded person

true

prejudice is a _____ component?

affective

we like to think that we have good reasons for our actions, especially important things like economy, health, educational, and justice related factors

another example of justification of oppression

randomly assign normal children to 2 groups at camp create an in-group identity through cooperative activities staged intergroup competition boys became hostile to other side required intergroup cooperation imposed superordinate goals

Robber's Cave Experiment

belief that women are in need of protections and special treatment; men need to take care of women

benevolent sexism

negative or patronizing action toward an out group member

discrimination

types of people association with contemptuous prejudice

homeless people on welfare criminals feminists islamic

belief that women are inferior, irrational, and need to be controlled

hostile sexism

small, subtle discrimination, but reflects inequality and produces feelings of exclusion and stress

microaggression

long term consequences of stereotype threat

misidentification with academic area self-fulfilling prophecies

did the reconciliation stage work

no- groups used opportunity for more conflict

who is typically associated with paternalistic prejudice

old people children disabled sexist towards women

process information about out groups less thoroughly than information about in groups rely more heruristics

outgroup homogeneity effect

feel pity and affection, but mixed with condescension and disrespect

paternalisitic prejudice

which prejudice does not give full personhood to the members of its group

paternalistic prejudice

who is stereotype threat worst for

people who want the most to do well

attitude toward a group suggesting they deserve inferior status; underlying these beliefs are feelings about the group

prejudice

prejudice/ discrimination based on racial background

racism

groups develop hostility because they compete for scarce resources

realistic group conflict theory

tried to use neutral non competitive activities to bring peace to the groups

reconciliation stage

prejudice/ discrimination based on a person's sex

sexism

prejudice/discrimination based on sexual orientation

sexual prejudice

general beliefs about social groups

stereotype

the nature of the stereotype and its contents are more about the relationship between groups than about the groups themselves

stereotype content model

when you are performing a task where you know your group is stereotyped to perform poorly, your performance suffers

stereotype threat

attribute that discredits person/group in the eyes of others

stigma

mutually shared goal that can only be achieved through intergroup cooperation

superordinate goal

weight is controllable an obese person is immoral because of moral failing

weight prejudice

are stereotypes generally learned from others and maintained through experience

yes

can both men and women be targets of sexism

yes

can people discriminate without being aware that they are even doing so?

yes

can stereotypes be activated automatically

yes

could the negative component of aversive racism be outside of conscious awareness

yes

is a stereotype a schema

yes

is racism an equal opportunity

yes


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