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16 Cards in this Set
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Intergroup relations |
the way in which people in groups perceive, think about, feel about, and act towards people in other groups |
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Deindividuation |
the tendency to not follow normal rules of behaviour as a result of losing one's self awareness |
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Anonymity |
Contributes to Deindividuation - Group settings provide anonymity because each person is less distinguishable. |
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Accountability |
Contributes to deindividuation - whether a person expected to be held responsible for his or her actions |
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Decrease in self awareness |
Contributes to deindividuation - People in a group have less of a sense of themselves as distinct individuals |
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Social Identity theory |
a theory that posits that each person strives to enhance his or her self-esteem, which is composed of two parts: a personal identity and a social identity |
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Status of the in-group |
Groups that are throated with inferiority take particular pleasure at another group's failures |
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Status within a group |
People who have a marginal status in their in-group are more likely to derogate out group members. |
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Group size |
The smaller the group, the greater the tendency for people to be loyal to it |
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Realistic Conflict theory |
a theory that describes conflict between different groups as resulting from individuals' self interest motives in competition for jobs, land, power and other resources |
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Relative deprivation theory |
the feelings of discontent caused by the belief that one fares poorly compared to people in other groups. Emphasizes the group's perception of its circumstances, rather than material goods |
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Increased intergroup contact (3 aspects) |
Effective for reducing prejudice:
equal status superordinate goals (needs all members of groups to cooperate) Common group identity
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GRIT |
(Graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension-reduction)
a strategy for resolving conflict that involves unilateral and persistent efforts to establishing trust and cooperating between opposing parties |
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Bargaining |
A very commonly used approach to resolving conflict at an individual level, whereby an agreement is sought through direct negotiation between both sides in the conflict |
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Integrative solutions |
a negotiated resolution to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to what they would have obtained from an equal division of the contested resources |
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Acculturation |
behavioural and psychological changes that happen when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact |
