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| Schema about a group of people; don't necessarily lead to discrimination. |
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| hostile or negative attitude toward a distinguishable group of people, based solely on their membership to that group |
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| Unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group, simply because of his or her membership in that group |
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| Tendency to like people with whom we are in groups, and dislike people outside our groups |
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| Out-group homogeneity bias |
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| Perception that people in the out-group are more similar to each other than they really are. |
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| Tendency to see relationships, or correlations, between events that are actually unrelated. |
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| Method in which each small piece of information inconsistent with a stereotype will lead to its modification. Can work. |
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| Method of presenting one strongly inconsistent piece of information to lead to a radical change in a stereotype. Doesn't work. |
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| Method where information inconsistent with the stereotype will lead to the creation of a new subtype to accommodate the information without changing the initial stereotype. "Exceptions that prove the rule." |
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| Ultimate Attribution Error |
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| Making dispositional attributions about a whole group of people |
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| Apprehension experienced by members of a minority group that they might behave in a manner that confirms an existing cultural stereotype. |
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| Tendency to blame individuals for their victimization (well, that's circular). Motivated by desire for a just world. |
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| A process in which we find confirmation and proof for our stereotypes by unknowingly creating stereotypical behavior in out-group members through our treatment of them. |
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| Realistic conflict theory |
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| Theory that limited resources lead to conflict between groups and result in increased prejudice and discrimination. |
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| Tendency for individuals, when frustrated or unhappy, to displace aggression onto groups that are disliked, visible, and relatively powerless. Happens when there is no clear target to blame the frustration on. |
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| Idea that racist attitudes are held by the vast majority of us because we live in a society where stereotypes and discrimination are the norm |
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| The idea that sexist atttitudes are held by the vast majority of us because we live in a society where stereotypes and discrimination are the norm |
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| Tendency to go along with the group in order to fulfill their expectations and gain acceptance |
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| Prejudice revealed in subtle, indirect ways because people have learned to hide prejudiced attitudes in order to avoid being labeled as racist. |
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| Idea that women are inferior to men |
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| Tendency to idealize women romantically |
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| The idea that merely bringing members of different groups into contact with each other will erode prejudice. Doesn't work. |
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| The existence of situations where two or more groups need each other and must depend on each other in order to succeed |
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| Setting designed to reduce prejudice and increase self-esteem of children by placing them in small, desegregated groups and making the children dependent on one another. |
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