Phys Ch 6 Social Thinking

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Intergroup Relations

Back 1

1) groups and thier functions
2) group identity us verses them
3) prejudice and discrimination
4) immigration
5) ways to improve interethnic relations

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Groups and their functions

Back 2

they satisfy our presonal needs, reward us, provide,information, raise our self esteem and give us an identity

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Social Identity

Back 3

refers to the way you define yourself in terms of your group memebership

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Types of Identity

Back 4

1) ethnicity and Religion
2) political affiliation
3) Vacations and avocations
4) relationship
5) stigmatized identities

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Ethnoentrism

Back 5

to favor one's own group and believe it is superior to other groups

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Prejudice

Back 6

is an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual bases on the individual's memebership in a groupl

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Discrimination

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an unjustified negative or harful action toward a member of a group simply becouse the person belongs to that group

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Sources of Prejudice

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1) individual personality
2) competition between groups over scarce resources
3) motivation to enhance self esteem
4) cognitive process that contribute to a tendencyto aply sterotypes
5) cultural leaning

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Modern Racism

Back 9

involves negative feelings about minority groups, but not traditional stereotypes.

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Old Fashioned Racism

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was overt and relatively simple, asserting the inferiority of non white's to discriminate against others.

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Immigration

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immigrants often experience stressors uncommon to or less prominent amoung longtime residents, such as language barriers, separations form support networks, and the dual struggle topreserve their ethnic identity and to acculturate

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Ways to improve interethnic Relations

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1) task oriented cooperation
2) intimate contact
3) acknowledge diversity