Psychology Of Prejudice: Chapter 9

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cognitive-dissonance theory

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States that inconsistent thoughts and/or behaviors bring about negative arousal. The arousal will motivate the individual to change one, or both of the inconsistencies in order to make them consistent and to reduce the negative arousal.

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confrontation technique

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A process whereby the individual is reminded of their endorsement of egalitarian values then confronted with the fact that they also hold attitudes that are inconsistent with egalitarian values (ie. stereotypes). when individuals are faced with this discrepancy, they will be motivated to change their attitudes (which are more malleable than values) to make them consistent with their values.

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contact hypothesis

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The notion that bringing two outgroups together in a situation will result in decreased prejudice and stereotyping.

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dissociation model

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States that low- and high-prejudice individuals automatically activate stereotypes of outgroups, but that low-prejudice persons also inhibit these thoughts with their egalitarian personal beliefs.

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functional approach

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Says that stereotyping and prejudice serve various motivational functions for different individuals. To reduce prejudice, it is important to understand what functions the stereotype serve and provide substitute psychological processes that do not entail stereotyping others but still allow the functions to be served.

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jigsaw system

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Technique for prejudice reduction in which outgroups are formed into small, cooperative, and interdependent groups that are working toward a common goal. Each group comprises an equal number of ingroup and outgroup members who contribute equally to the task success.

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normative influence

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Suggests that to reduce prejudice, it is important to make antiprejudice norms salient. Once people are made aware of the social sanctions against prejudice, they will be less likely to express and endorse prejudice.

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realistic conflict theory

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A theory on the origing of prejudice which suggest that when two groups compete for scarce resources, prejudice will arise between them.

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Robber's Cave study

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Sherif's classic study that found support for the realistic-conflict theory and that also demonstrated how giving prejudiced groups a superordinate goal can greatly reduce prejudice by blurring the lines between ingroup and outgroup membership.

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superordinate goal

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A task that requires the cooperation and efforts of two or more individuals to be completed successfully.

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transactional approach

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Suggests that prejudice reduction is most likely to occur when people interact cooperatively toward a common goal, and when they have motivation and opportunity to form friendships with outgroup members in that context.