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19 Cards in this Set
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prejudice
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a hostile or negative attitude toward a group of people based soley on their membership in that group
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prejudice + affective
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acting hostile
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prejudice + cognitive
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-stereotype=generalization about a group of people
-cognitive misers=take shortcuts and adapt certain rules of thumb to understand other people |
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prejudice + gender
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men successful=ability
women successful=luck hostile sexism items ("women seek to gain power by getting control over men") benevolent sexism items ("women should be cherished and protected by men") |
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prejudice + behavioral
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discrimination: unjustified negative/harmful action toward memebers of a group; giving 1 group the benefits and denying other
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Devine's 2 step model of cognitive processing
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automatic processing:occurs when [member of stereotypical group]is encountered causing stereotypes to be assessed from memory (occur w/out awareness)
-->controlled processing: choose to disregard or ignore stereotype info. that has been brought to mind (occurs with awareness) |
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illusory correlation
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tendency to see relationships between events that are actually unrelated
-most likely when people are distinctive or conspicuous -newly processed info will be guided by illsory correlation, seeing what expect to see |
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changing stereotypes
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-2 or 3 powerful evidence doesnt work, dismissed as 'exceptions'
-need many examples taht are inconsistent w/ belief for them to modify |
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ultimate attribution error
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tendency to make dispostional (based on personality not situation) attributions about an entire group of ppl
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stereotype threat
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apprehension experienced by members of a minority group that their behavior might confirm a cultural stereotype -> interferes with their ability to perform well
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blaming the victim
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tendency to blame individuals for their victimization, typically motivated by desire to see world as fair place
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realistic conflict theory
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limited resources lead to conflict among groups and result in prejudice and discrimination
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scapegoat theory
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tendency, when frustrated or unhappy, to displace aggression onto groups taht are disliked, visible, or powerless
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institutionalized racism (/sexism)
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racist (sexist) attitudes caused by living in society where stereotypes and discriminations are the norm
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normative conformity
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tendency to go along with group in order to fulfill the group's expectations and gain acceptance
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modern prejudice
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outwardly acting unprejudiced while inwardly having prejudice attitudes
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hostile vs. benevolent sexism
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hostile= women are inferior to men (less intelligent, etc)
benevolent=idealize women romantically, but are weaker and need protection |
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contact hypothesis
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can reduce prejudice thru:
-mutual interdependence -common goal -equal status -friendly, informal setting -multiple membres -social norms of equity |
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jigsaw classroom
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children places in small groups and dependent on each other to learn material and do well in class
-reduces prejudice -raises self-esteem -increases empathy |
