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15 Cards in this Set
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Stereotyping
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An over simplified, generalized set of ideas that we have others , for example nurses are always female
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Media
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Means of communication - television, radio, the internet and newspapers are all examples of different types of media
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Practical implications
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Suggestions about behaviour in the real world beyond the research study, based upon what psychologists have discovered
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Role Model
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Someone who a child looks up to and is likely to copy
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Prejudice
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A rigid set of attitudes or beliefs towards particular groups of people. These attitudes are usually negative, but not always
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Discrimination (prejudice)
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The way an individual behaves towards another person or group as a result of their prejudiced view. This behaviour is usually negative but could also be positive.
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Authoritarian
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A personality type that is prone to being prejudiced
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F-scale
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The questionnaire used by Adorno to measure personality characteristics
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Robber's Cave
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The name given to Sherif's experiment on prejudice
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In-group
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A group of people you believe you have something in common with, for example your football team
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Out-Group
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A group of people whom you believe you have nothing in common with
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Jigsaw method
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The name given to the technique used by Aronson to reduce prejudice within a group of mixed-race students
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Expert groups
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Another name for the jigsaw methods. It's called expert groups because each member of the group becomes an expert on a particular topic and they then pass this knowledge on the rest of their group
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Contact
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Seeing, speaking or writing to someone
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Empathy
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Being able to put yourself in someone else's position psychologically and understand how that person is feeling
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